Joseph and the Amazing Original Neuroqueer Pride Flag - Part III Autistic Liberation Theology

The last part of our Neuroqueer nerd indulgence. We talk about trauma, family, reconsiliation... sounds fun, right??



Timestamps:



0:00 - Summary of the previous two parts



2:00 - How Joseph’s brothers and father are suffering during the famine; they’d rejected the neuroqueer gifts that could have saved them



5:35 - Joseph forced to face their past trauma. Punitive vs. restorative justice — the latter requires a shift in power dynamics, security for the wronged



27:10 - Second trip to Egypt: Joseph continues to test the brothers to see if they’ve truly changed; struggles to hold it together while closeted / masking



35:15 - Joseph comes out, reveals their identity to their brothers. What prevented the brothers from recognizing them? 



39:47 - What to make of Joseph’s understanding of “God’s plan”: Joseph takes control of his own narrative, sees how God transforms suffering into good. Celebrating the good that comes out of evil without justifying evil



50:20 - Even in reconciling, Joseph never goes home, back to the site of that first trauma & to dynamics where their brothers hold the power over them — connecting to church efforts to become truly inclusive



55:55 - not a tidy ending: relationship will never be the same; brothers struggle to believe Joseph doesn’t want revenge. “None of us has to be the slave!”



1:00:30 - the oppressed can offer oppressors insights about themselves; double consciousness & masking — the Autistic community’s debt to Black scholarship



1:05:35 - Joseph as a bicultural figure; both cultures associated both with home & trauma



1:07:58 - Jacob gives the primary blessing to Joseph’s second son: continuing the trend of subverting status quo. God always on the side of the marginalized 



1:14:55 - Wrapping up