In this episode of How My View Grew, Greg Thomas describes how jazz saved him from hating so-called "white people" and how he learned to see the Black American experience as a hero's journey that is central to American history and culture.**Key takeaways**3:00 Early-life learning about rabid southern racists9:00 "I gotta pick up an instrument"13:30 The pathologizing of Black Americans by "white" liberals16:00 The depth and wisdom of Albert Murray, Ralph Ellison, and Stanley Crouch19:00 "This history has got my back" and the artificiality of "whiteness"22:00 The hero's journey23:30 Amiel's reflections**Resources**Jazz Leadership ProjectOmni-American Future Project“King of Cats,” Henry Louis Gates Jr’s long profile of Murray in The New YorkerThe Omni-Americans: Some Alternatives to the Folklore of White Supremacy by Albert Murray**Subscribe to the podcast**To hear the origin stories of more big ideas, subscribe to How My View Grew on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.**Share the love**Leave me a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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