In a couple of days, Americans will be celebrating Thanksgiving, a holiday usually centering around the value of family and friendship and gratitude to God for His blessings upon us all. Unfortunately, this holiday will be bittersweet based upon a recent awakening at an educational event in California sponsored by the Salt & Light Council in the area. The recent event was not only educational, it delivered more of a shock to one’s conscience than many attendees were ready to receive. As a white journalist in attendance at what seemed to be a predominantly black audience, the most shocking message delivered to to the attendees was from a black woman who spoke unequivocally about the existence of Black genocide in the United States of America. It awakened many attendees.