• Advertise
  • Donate
  • Subscribe
    • Become a print subscriber
    • Sign up for e-Newsletter
    • e-Editions
Saturday, September 30, 2023
No Result
View All Result
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
  • News & Features
    • National
    • Local
    • Special Editions
      • MLK Legacy
      • Black History Month
      • The MSR Celebrates Women’s History Month
  • All Sections
    • Opinion
      • Mellaneous by Mel Reeves
      • Word on the Street
      • Reaching Out From Within
    • Health + Wellness
      • Women’s Wellness
      • Parenting Today
      • Minnesota Cancer Alliance Breast Cancer Gaps Project
    • Sports
      • Timberwolves/NBA
      • Lynx/WNBA
        • 20 in 20
      • Twins/MLB
      • MN Wild/NHL
      • Vikings/NFL
    • Business
      • Small Business Month Celebration
      • Black Business Spotlight
      • Finances FYI
    • Arts + Culture
    • Photo Galleries
      • Photo of the Week
    • MSR Forefront Digital Roundtable Series
      • MSR Forefront Highlights
    • Go Green
    • Education
    • Bulletin
    • Jobs & Notices
      • Legals
      • Announcements
  • Events
    • Submit an event!
  • Obits
  • Sister Spokesman
  • e-Editions
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
  • News & Features
    • National
    • Local
    • Special Editions
      • MLK Legacy
      • Black History Month
      • The MSR Celebrates Women’s History Month
  • All Sections
    • Opinion
      • Mellaneous by Mel Reeves
      • Word on the Street
      • Reaching Out From Within
    • Health + Wellness
      • Women’s Wellness
      • Parenting Today
      • Minnesota Cancer Alliance Breast Cancer Gaps Project
    • Sports
      • Timberwolves/NBA
      • Lynx/WNBA
        • 20 in 20
      • Twins/MLB
      • MN Wild/NHL
      • Vikings/NFL
    • Business
      • Small Business Month Celebration
      • Black Business Spotlight
      • Finances FYI
    • Arts + Culture
    • Photo Galleries
      • Photo of the Week
    • MSR Forefront Digital Roundtable Series
      • MSR Forefront Highlights
    • Go Green
    • Education
    • Bulletin
    • Jobs & Notices
      • Legals
      • Announcements
  • Events
    • Submit an event!
  • Obits
  • Sister Spokesman
  • e-Editions
No Result
View All Result
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
No Result
View All Result

Well-planned execution in Charleston, South Carolina

by
July 1, 2015
58
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on LinkedIn

ThroughMyEyesnewWas one of America’s most respected Black leaders the target?

The shooting of nine Blacks in the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), Wednesday, June 17, in Charleston, South Carolina, was horrific. The 21-year-old mentally disturbed White terrorist Dylann Roof identifies himself as one who hates and fears Blacks. Blacks responded with the politics of love, signaling a great unintended consequence that few like Roof expected: the beginning of the end of love for the Old Confederacy.

The cold, calculating execution of the nine victims, between the ages of 26 and 87, caught America’s and the world’s attention. Conservative and liberal politicians alike are finally taking a close look at the consequences of negative views on race relations, attitudes, and policies.

Charleston, famous for its helpful citizens, learned from Ferguson and Baltimore. Families/friends of the victims led the nation with the first step to bridge the understanding gap between Blacks and Whites, being heroes responding with Martin Luther King, Jr.’s nonviolence peace and forgiveness strategy. Who knows more about the “masters” and “their plantations?”

Reflecting their church’s teaching, they disavowed violence and offered forgiveness and reconciliation. In the 1860s, Whites fought. Today, Blacks are offering love, forgiveness and reconciliation.

This model of love and forgiveness spread: the Republican governor of South Carolina proposed furling the Confederate Battle Flag at the state capital. Wal-Mart and Boeing offered immediate support, as did an array of profit and nonprofit organizations.

- ADVERTISEMENT -

Both Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., in their own time, said economics would end “the issue” in the South. That has also been our theme since this column started in 2003 (see our first solution paper, The Negative Economics of Racism), which is why we continually repeat Nellie Stone Johnson’s key to reconciliation, her mantra of “no education, no jobs, no housing.”

This reminds us of South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Ubuntu Theology of Reconciliation (our Solution Paper #18), as well as the title of a book that influenced South Africa to end Apartheid: The Passing Summer: A South African’s Response to White Fear, Black Anger, and the Politics of Love.

That still leaves those few who hate and fear Blacks — like Mr. Roof — and those who are comforted by thinking he acted as a “lone wolf.” Both are unhealthy and naïve views.

A question so far not asked by others: Was the 41-year-old pastor of the church, State Senator Clementa Pinckney, the intended target? We think so. Roof waited an hour for Pastor Pinckney to join the group, which is when he then opened fire. This very real question of co-conspirators must be examined.

The White hero is the tenacious female florist outside of Shelby, North Carolina, whose actions enabled police to apprehend Mr. Roof. It has already been reported, using plagiarism detection software, that much of his 2,000-word manifesto and many of its philosophical points, were copied from a neo-Nazi website. Again: who helped this ninth grade dropout put together his manifesto?

- ADVERTISEMENT -

A majority of White and Black citizens joined to call for an end to displaying the symbols and substance of the Old Confederacy and its prejudice, discrimination, and historic treason, symbols that have supported Black churches being bombed, burned and shot into by hateful White terrorist individuals and groups rallying under these symbols.

Let’s pray for the nine souls lost. Let’s not forget the hundreds of thousands lost since the time we were first brought to these shores. Let’s pray for the future of the sons and daughters of the African. Let’s pray for the violated sanctuaries turned into killing fields, and stop taking them for granted.

Stay tuned.

 

For Ron’s hosted radio and TV show’s broadcast times, solutions papers, books, and archives, go to www.TheMinneapolisStory.com. To order his books, go to www.BeaconOnTheHillPress.com.

- ADVERTISEMENT -

Support Black local news

Help amplify Black voices by donating to the MSR. Your contribution enables critical coverage of issues affecting the community and empowers authentic storytelling.

Donate Now!

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

Forgiveness is good; accountability is better

Next Post

One nation, one flag

You Might Also Like

Prosecutors charge Nevada man for the murder of Tupac Shakur
Arts & Culture

Prosecutors charge Nevada man for the murder of Tupac Shakur

Black Business Spotlight: Syndicate Music Group
Black Business Spotlight

Black Business Spotlight: Syndicate Music Group

Concerns mount over ‘extreme’ school board candidates in Minnesota
Local

Concerns mount over ‘extreme’ school board candidates in Minnesota

Don’t forget to check your blood pressure
Health & Wellness

Don’t forget to check your blood pressure

Wanted: Younger workforce ready to learn about climate jobs
Go Green

Wanted: Younger workforce ready to learn about climate jobs

Gopher tennis coach rebuilds a competitive team
Sports

Gopher tennis coach rebuilds a competitive team

Next Post
One nation, one flag

One nation, one flag

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
ADVERTISEMENT

Upcoming Events

Sep 12
September 12 @ 6:30 pm-December 18 @ 9:30 pm Recurring

Vic Volare Presents MUSIC FOR MARTINIS ft: Vic’s Fabulous Nightclub Academy

Sep 30
10:00 am-3:30 pm

Hands Across the Mississippi Walk for Peace and Justice

Sep 30
12:00 pm-3:00 pm

Live, Laugh, Learn Breast Cancer Event

Oct 3
October 3 @ 8:30 am-October 4 @ 5:30 pm

Insects: Little Body, Big Impact | Nobel Conference 59 | Virtual or In-Person

View Calendar
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Read our latest e-Edition!

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Subscribe

  • Home/Office Delivery
  • Weekly e-newsletter
  • e-Editions

Support

  • Donate
  • Subscribe
  • MSR Newsstand Locations

Connect

  • About
    • MSR Staff
  • Contact
  • Send a news tip
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms

© 2023 Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

No Result
View All Result
  • News & Features
    • Local
    • National
  • All Sections
    • Arts & Culture
    • Health & Wellness
      • Women’s Wellness
      • Parenting Today
      • MN Cancer Alliance Breast Cancer Gaps Project
    • Business
      • Black Business Spotlight
      • Finances FYI
      • Small Business Month Celebration
    • Opinion
    • Sports
  • Events
  • Obits
  • Sister Spokesman
  • Donate
  • Subscribe

© 2023 Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: