"12 Years A Slave" Movie Review: Are We Still Carrying The Pain of Rape, Beatings and Betrayal in Ou

The movie "12 Years A Slave" awakens the deeply rooted pain in African American men and women, reminding us that the cruelty of beatings, rape and murder was too long an accepted part of American culture. There is a genetic memory in every human being, in which the very cells in your body carry the records of your ancestors' experiences. Fear, hurt, anger, rage, dispair and distrust are the modern day barriers to healthy male/female relationships, because in our genes are the memories of betrayal and degradation. How do we heal from the past and end the cycle of pain that makes us hurt each other today?