Dr. May writes, “George Floyd could have been any African American man, including me. Beyond the constant barrage of fear of the negative consequences of birding while black, shopping while black, cooking out while black, exercising while black — it is just exhausting.” Don’t you think it’s time to do something about this?
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…Ashley Parker writing in the WP today …thinks that you should be doing more to show your grief over the loss of 100,000 lives. I encourage you to give Dartmouth Religious Studies Prof. Randall Balmer a call. He has examined how presidents respond to tragedies & can help you understand why tweeting is insufficient for the Consoler in Chief…
…Were able to quiet your mind so you could experience the deep emotion that Memorial Day can evoke? When you kissed your hand and lay it on the wreath, did you feel the weight of all of the untimely deaths of youth losing their lives in battle? Perhaps you also felt the weight of all of the untimely deaths occurring right now. …
Where are your warm greeting to the folks who celebrate Eid? I assume you’ll be sharing those later today. Here in SoCal mosques have been broadcasting the adhan from their rooftops for the duration of Ramadan. Some of the neighbors don’t like it, but I think it’s great! I assume you do, too, given your remarks yesterday that “We need more prayer, not less.” …
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…please invite Rep. Alma Adams from NC12. She’s got a lot of ideas to make sure that OZs help the poor folk in low income census tracks (CT). She’s got several OZs in her district, including CT 46 which is 95% Black with an average income of $25,881. It’s not far from downtown Charlotte. Folks there need “lifting up” & she wants to make sure that their neighborhood doesn’t get torn down to build some fancy luxury apartments….
