Three-Fifths Magazine’s Theme for June, “The Revolution will not be televised,” has many meanings, as explained by its creator, Gil Scott Heron. One nuance is the attention Heron draws to consumerism. Such consumerism is quite evident surrounding conversations of Racial … Continue reading Racial Justice? The NFL, Profit, Ratings & The Bottom Line
By Joel A. Bowman, Sr. In his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech of 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used the phrase “the urgency of the moment.” As he spoke truth to power, enumerating various aspects of racial inequality, he … Continue reading The Urgency of the Moment: A Call for Christians to Confront Racism
In fact, justice-seeking protests are collective expressions of grief and anger at the callousness of white America. Since European Americans assume grief is to be done in private, many totally twisted the expression of grief in the streets with old stereotypes used to marginalize the legitimate anger of Black folks. Continue reading Church Segregation: A White Supremacist Tradition
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