The diabolic emotions of jealousy, hatred, and RACISM!

These are diabolic emotions, rooted in internalized racism, marked by discrimination, and driven by hatred. Jealousy may seem paradoxical, why would anyone envy a people who have faced historical oppression?

Yet it comes from a deeper resentment, the spiritual resilience, cultural richness, and unbroken connection to land that Indigenous people still hold. Those who’ve lost their own sense of rootedness may, instead of confronting their emptiness, project it outward, masking envy with contempt.

Hatred, in this context, is often inherited, passed down through institutions, reinforced by social conditioning, and fueled by myths, negative stereotypes that portray Indigenous people as less than human, subhuman, no matter how much formal education the indigenous person has earned. When left unchallenged, this hatred festers, transmitted like a curse from one generation to the next.

And racism, the structural force that empowers both jealousy and hatred, isn’t just a feeling, it’s a system. Historically, it seeps into classrooms, workplaces, police departments, and hospitals. For Indigenous children, it means being seen as trouble before being seen as potential, for Indigenous adults, it can mean being accused, excluded, overpoliced, and underprotected and overrepresented in the criminal justice system.

These emotions are diabolic, not simply because they are “evil,” but because they divide, destroy, and sever any hope for solidarity or justice for human rights and for human beings.