As Gadamer observes, [in "The Historicity of Understanding"] "to exist historically means that knowledge of oneself can never be complete. In this context, only God, whose self-knowledge is essential (dhati) and neither contingent nor experiential, can have true and complete knowledge of self, totally independent of others. We humans, on the other hand, in the absence of interaction between multiple consciousness, including those of oppressors as well as the oppressed, are likely to remain blinded by what is nearest to us, with little appreciation for the multiple layers of contingency, deflection, and projection that define us as the individuals and groups we think we are." (125)
-Dr. Jackson in Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering
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