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Call out racism
“The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights that America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens there until we…
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Throw the pebble
“People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down…
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Why Colin Kaepernick was kneeling and why black lives matter
A black quarterback kneels during the national anthem. He states his reason. He is clear. And the political world erupts, making it about disrespect for the flag and not loving this country. Protest marches erupt and there are chants of “Black Lives Matter” and the white world gets offended and shouts back “Blue lives matter!” or… worse… “All lives matter.”
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Grief and anger … another African American dead
Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. George Floyd in Minneapolis. Lament. Anger. Deep grief. I was setting up my next interview/discussion on race this morning and the man I was messaging asked me if I saw what had JUST happened. Next week… another interview/discussion on race and racism. Look for it. But for now… in my lament… I…
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Podcast — The ongoing issue of racism in our culture
I was privileged to interview two important voices in my life on the issue of racism in light of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Marlena Graves is an author and activist. Her forthcoming book The Way Up is Down is a wake up call to have our eyes on the marginalized in our world. Dennis Edwards is a professor of…
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For the white American church… it’s time
“The white evangelical church has a long and lamentable history of silence when African Americans are under attack. Wouldn’t this be the right time to stand with the African American community and say these senseless killings have got to stop? Wouldn’t it be beneficial to expand your abortion views and resources to include the value of life AFTER birth?” More……
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The divided past I lived and the future we are invited to change
This post is STILL about racism and Ahmaud Arbery. It’s not about Ahmaud Arbery alone, so I am giving you time to bail off this post. This will be a longer post about a lot of aspects concerning racism, and things I have to realize even from my own younger life.
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The sin of the community
Buried in the “flyover country” of the Pentateuch are laws regarding community responsibility when an unsolved murder took place.
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Grief Spoken — the lynching of Ahmaud Arbery
Kirk Franklin adds his voice to the lynching of Ahmaud Arbery.
Tag: Racism
