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Young Zendaya systematically categorized, demonized, and attacked all Black skin people, just as she recently did the first Black students back at her school. She supported White supremacy, sided with those opposed to Critical Race Theory, cursed Black Lives Matter events, and believed police brutality against Blacks was an accepted expectation. During a college excursion, Zendaya inadvertently made close contact with another Black person. This one did not appear despicable, nor did she go through the usual fear, hate or desire that he get attacked, beaten, arrested, or killed. Zendaya was baffled by her unfamiliar, unexpected, and unusual physical reaction. She approached cautiously but was still mystified by her attraction to this Black stranger. Zendaya's confused mind involuntarily evoked a series of auto-flashed episodes that reflected her past prejudicial behaviors. Her history of impulsive bigotry should have compelled the hateful response she knew to deliver. But, that moment's rapid assessment of her eighteen-year-old life and the sight of this stranger numbed her mind to reveal a never-ending loop of unchallenged racial hate scenes and disinformation. The evocation jolted her when she realized the many hidden truths covered under loads of racial lies, misinformation, and inexplicable ignorance. She had lived those lies and immediately became aware of the shameful cruelty she had levied on Blacks. Zendaya's new awareness impacted her soul to where it 'woke' her heart, un-blind other race realities, crushed self-denials, and started her on an epic journey of love and race.