@thispastorslife, a white pastor wrote the below. I mentioned that they are white bc over 75% white people are racist - source below; so it's worth pointing out when a white person is cool.
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#blackmen #blackamerican #blackpower #blackconsciousness #whitewomen #police #blackmastodon
Today as we focus deeper on antiracism we are looking back at the work of the Black Panther Party. The quote below is our Reading before the Sermon.
“I always carried lawbooks in my car.
Sometimes, when a policeman was harassing a citizen, I would stand off a little and
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read the relevant portions of the penal code in a loud voice to all within hearing distance.
In doing this, we were helping to educate those who gathered to observe these incidents.
If the policeman arrested the citizen and took him to the station, we would follow and
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the law. Many citizens came right out of jail and into the Party, and the statistics of murder and brutality by policemen in our communities fell sharply.”
-[Huey P.] Newton
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Audubon Ballroon (he/him)