SOCIAL JUSTICE / IDENTITY POLITICS – Page 31

Mothers of Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor Criticize Black Lives Matter: ‘Benefitting Off the Blood of Our Loved Ones’ – Epoch Times

1 Jun 2021 Michael A

Cullors last week announced last week that she would be departing the organization, coming after reports disclosed her finances and real estate holdings.
“They are benefiting off the blood of our loved ones, and they won’t even talk to us,” Samaria Rice, the mother of a 12-year-old boy, Tamir Rice, who was shot by police in Cleveland, told the New York Post. Rice added that she contacted Black Lives Matter to help in re-opening a federal investigation into her son’s death in 2014, exchanging several emails with Cullors years ago before nothing came of it. “I don’t believe she is going anywhere,” Rice said of the BLM co-founder. “It’s all a facade,” she continued. “She’s only saying that to get the heat off her right now.”

Americans Remain Patriotic: Newt Gingrich Commentary: Epoch Times

31 May 2021 Michael A

After all the ranting about systemic racism, critical race theory, and other efforts to get people to think in terms of tribal divisiveness, the American ideal remains unifying and oriented toward individuals rather than groups. In fact, by 91 percent to 5 percent, Americans agree with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that the content of a person’s character is more important than the color of his or her skin.

Canada’s Christian Foundations Crumbling Under COVID-19 Restrictions, Says Pastor: Epoch Times

31 May 2021 Michael A

Stephens was arrested after giving a Sunday sermon at the Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary on May 16 and was jailed for three days. About a week earlier, Calgary Pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother, David Pawlowski, were arrested after holding a church service, and pastor James Coates of Edmonton’s GraceLife Church was detained in February. …Stephens described the COVID-19 measures—including travel limitations, lockdowns, and quarantine—as a form of “soft totalitarianism,” which goes against Canadians’ Charter rights as well as Biblical teachings. “They, in essence, see themselves as governors of every aspect of people’s lives, including in your home, who can go in your home or not, or how many can gather together for church or outside or indoors. It’s really quite astounding that they think they have the duty or responsibility to do this,” he said.

Black Lives Matter St. Paul Founder Says He ‘Resigned’ After Learning the ‘Ugly Truth’ – Epoch Times

30 May 2021 Michael A

Rashard Turner, the founder of a Black Lives Matter chapter in neighboring St. Paul, said he started the branch in 2015 but became disillusioned roughly a year after becoming “an insider” within the left-wing organization, according to a video released by TakeCharge—a group that rejects various provisions promoted by Black Lives Matter, including critical race theory-linked claims that the United States is inherently racist. “After a year on the inside, I learned they had little concern for rebuilding black families, and they cared even less about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis,” Turner said in the video.

A Glimpse At Christian Persecution, In America and The World

23 May 2021 Michael A

The two brief videos in this post are about religious freedom: Huckabee interviewed cake baker Jack Phillips and his lawyer about the ongoing court battle because Jack refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple; Open Doors describes Christian persecution worldwide

NYC Education Department, PBS Face Backlash for Showing Drag Queen to Young Children: Epoch Times

22 May 2021 Michael A

New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) are facing intense criticism after inviting a drag queen book author to contribute to an education show aimed at young children. …“Today I’m going to read from my own book, which is ‘The Hips On the Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish,’” …According to NYCDOE’s website, “Let’s Learn” is geared toward an audience of 3-K to second grade, or children between ages 3 to 8. It is meant to feature “lessons taped by educators” and “offers age-appropriate content… …“I wrote this book because I wanted everyone to get to experience the magic of drag and to get a little practice shaking their hips or shimmying their shoulders to know how we can feel fabulous inside of our own bodies,” the performer said, before moving on to read the book to the tune of the nursery rhyme “The Wheels on the Bus.”

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