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Further thoughts on “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (Part 3)

I began my meditations here. Some further thoughts as I keep working my way through this classic piece.

Posted byDanJanuary 15, 2022January 13, 2022Posted inJusticeTags:Justice, MLK Day, RacismLeave a comment on Further thoughts on “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (Part 3)

Further notes on “Letter from Birmingham jail”

I am working my way through the letter Dr. King wrote in 1963 and started HERE. More notes from my walk through the letter this year.

Posted byDanJanuary 14, 2022January 12, 2022Posted inJusticeTags:Justice, MLK Day, RacismLeave a comment on Further notes on “Letter from Birmingham jail”

Meditation on “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

MLK Day is coming next Monday and my yearly tradition has been to read his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” because it speaks so powerfully to me, a white moderate. This year I want to “get in the kitchen” to so speak and share my notes here as I read through this letter again this year.

Posted byDanJanuary 13, 2022January 12, 2022Posted inJusticeTags:Justice, MLK, MLK Day2 Comments on Meditation on “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

Why do we need to embarrass people of color?

White supremacy thrives in the darkness. It thrives in a sealed chamber where only those who think they can get away with something act in a way that is below human. Until a video gets leaked.

Posted byDanDecember 4, 2021Posted inJusticeTags:Esau McCaulley, Justice, Policing, RacismLeave a comment on Why do we need to embarrass people of color?

Stop telling lies

“I’m going to tell you just like it is… There’s so much hypocrisy in this society and if we want America to be a free society, we have to stop telling lies.” — Fannie Lou Hamer It would be good for us, in our day, to call out the false fear surrounding CRT. Robert PContinue reading “Stop telling lies”

Posted byDanNovember 7, 2021Posted inJustice, RacismTags:Critical Race Theory, CRT, Fannie Lou Hamer, Justice, RacismLeave a comment on Stop telling lies

REPARATIONS!

Just say the word and our white conservative evangelical minds explode. So, here is an entire podcast episode to avoid. The money quote: “Fox News is the biggest purveyor of critical theory.”

Posted byDanJuly 31, 2021July 30, 2021Posted inGospel, JusticeTags:Holy Post Podcast, Justice, ReparationsLeave a comment on REPARATIONS!

Prophetic words do cut at times

This clip is incredibly powerful and serves as a sharp example of a prophetic word. The further in and deeper down black preachers go into white evangelicalism the more anti-justice and anti-black they become.

Posted byDanJuly 19, 2021Posted inJusticeTags:Charlie Dates, Evangelicalism, Justice, Preachers, PreachingLeave a comment on Prophetic words do cut at times

Three quick takes on the sentencing of Derek Chauvin

These three quick responses showed up right in a row in my Twitter feed. My heart breaks all over again.

Posted byDanJune 25, 2021Posted inJusticeTags:George Floyd, Justice, RacismLeave a comment on Three quick takes on the sentencing of Derek Chauvin

One year later

A Lament:

Posted byDanMay 26, 2021May 25, 2021Posted inJusticeTags:George Floyd, JusticeLeave a comment on One year later

In a year we have learned nothing

A composition of lament. (I don’t know how to write a poem.) In a year… Ahmaud Arbery… Breonna Taylor… George Floyd… and more… WE HAVE LEARNED NOTHING.

Posted byDanApril 13, 2021Posted inJusticeTags:Justice, Lament, Racism1 Comment on In a year we have learned nothing

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