“Let the world protest. The job of the church is to pray. Pray he succeeds. Pray that he doesn’t fail. We don’t have anybody in place to take over. Humble themselves and pray.”
~Donnie McClurkin on Donald Trump
Leveling the charge of being a white supremacist is the new insult for those who disagree with someone’s politics, and the overuse of the phrase may not have the desired effect.
Like statues of Robert E. Lee, Americans of diverse backgrounds may view these pre-Civil Rights emblems through different cultural and historical lenses.
To defeat white supremacy and other forms of bigotry, we’ll need to have a series of “uncomfortable” conversations with our friends, loved ones, and coworkers.
It’s easy to hate the white supremacists and their ilk. What’s not so easy is to admit how we’ve been feeding these groups.
“Whiteness is the process by which White people fail to recognise how race impacts their lives; White privilege is the personal benefits of living in a society where Whiteness is centred; and White supremacy are the political outcomes of this racial buffer.” ~Dr. Zuleyka Zevallos, Applied Sociologist & Swinburne University Research Fellow
What is the real reason Confederate monuments and statues are suddenly being seen as symbols of racism and slavery?
President Trump said both sides share the blame for violence in Charlottesville; does he have a point?
The president has described what happened in Charlottesville “terrorism” in the past. Why won’t he call it that now?
