I guess this can go here as a topic of the day.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/...-Churches-Preach-Racism-VIDEO?detail=facebook
Last Friday MSNBC Ed Schultz had a town hall in Alabama. He wanted to go to the Deep South and talk directly to the people. He complained about the Right Wing talking heads using a narrative of dependency as well as race bating to create a level of angst within the white community. One wonders if he expected to have two women in the audience with prescient stories that put it all in a microcosm.
The following is the transcript of the video that follows. The two women made explosive accusations against many white churches in the South and against local Republican Parties. While many may find what they are saying hard to believe I have had many Republicans in our local Baptist churches tell me similar stories.
I was unable to embed the original video from the source link, I couldn't find the embed link. It's a little over one minute long If someone can assist, its appreciated and I'll edit this post. I suggest looking at the source link as it is louder and clearer, being from the broadcast. This youtube vid is a longer video, sound quality isn't as good as it is someone's personal recording. 9:55 mark for the first quote regarding churches. The black legislator that is quoted about the school wanting to be independent isn't on this vid.
Many believe that Americans spend too much time on race issues. The reality is that it is important to do so especially now. The Right Wing’s Southern Strategy is in full vogue. What makes the women’s statement important is the context.
Martin Luther King said the most segregated hour in America is at 11:00 on Sunday mornings, during church services. That presents several realities. It allows those of ill will to use that homogeneity to indoctrinate and to foment a false reality to be feared, a fear of the ‘the other’.
With the church providing the moral permission to be fearful and ‘hateful’ of ‘the other’, it is not difficult for the Right Wing hacks like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and others to finish the indoctrination. This evil most be continuously exposed and disinfected.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/...-Churches-Preach-Racism-VIDEO?detail=facebook
Last Friday MSNBC Ed Schultz had a town hall in Alabama. He wanted to go to the Deep South and talk directly to the people. He complained about the Right Wing talking heads using a narrative of dependency as well as race bating to create a level of angst within the white community. One wonders if he expected to have two women in the audience with prescient stories that put it all in a microcosm.
The following is the transcript of the video that follows. The two women made explosive accusations against many white churches in the South and against local Republican Parties. While many may find what they are saying hard to believe I have had many Republicans in our local Baptist churches tell me similar stories.
I was unable to embed the original video from the source link, I couldn't find the embed link. It's a little over one minute long If someone can assist, its appreciated and I'll edit this post. I suggest looking at the source link as it is louder and clearer, being from the broadcast. This youtube vid is a longer video, sound quality isn't as good as it is someone's personal recording. 9:55 mark for the first quote regarding churches. The black legislator that is quoted about the school wanting to be independent isn't on this vid.
Many believe that Americans spend too much time on race issues. The reality is that it is important to do so especially now. The Right Wing’s Southern Strategy is in full vogue. What makes the women’s statement important is the context.
Martin Luther King said the most segregated hour in America is at 11:00 on Sunday mornings, during church services. That presents several realities. It allows those of ill will to use that homogeneity to indoctrinate and to foment a false reality to be feared, a fear of the ‘the other’.
With the church providing the moral permission to be fearful and ‘hateful’ of ‘the other’, it is not difficult for the Right Wing hacks like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and others to finish the indoctrination. This evil most be continuously exposed and disinfected.
