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Christmas While in Crisis
This entry is not intended to be long. But, just to be a message about Christmas. The world as we know it is in a seeming perpetual state of crisis. The brokenness of humanity has reached an apparent critical mass, but this was, has been, and always will be the context of Christmas ( Read more... ) -
From Ferguson to New York to the Future: There's More I Must Say
About Eric Garner
This is a postscript, that is now an introduction of a recent blog post that I hoped I did not have to write. I am feeling stupid for thinking that the justice system (which many people are now saying is not broken) would look at the evidence and reach an indictment. The messages I discuss below are just as loud and clear in the ( Read more... ) -
From Ferguson to the Future: What I Need to Say
Hello all,
First off, I am angry and heartbroken. I am frustrated by what I know about the justice system. I disturbed by the message that is ultimately sent by the continual lack of indictment (in reference to Michael Brown and John Crawford, but this trend extends back to the Oscar Grant shooting and the massacre of Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell's ( Read more... ) -
Taking a Moment to Say My Peace
This past week has been one of the toughest to wrap my head around (starting with the gutting of the Voting Rights Act). Mostly because of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial and the emotional distress that came out from that. I have waited to respond specifically to this and responded only through other people's thoughts because I needed the ( Read more... ) -
Mitt at the NAACP Conference: A study in failure "To thy ownself be true"
So, I am going to make some preliminary points that will color my comments:- These comments are not objective in the racial sense.
- But, I am going to make a sincere effort to make my comments as objective possible.
- Finally, I have not read the full text of the speech, nor watched the video (as a voter I did not see the need, I am not undecided).
My ( Read more... ) -
Speak Up My Brothers, I Can't Hear You Over The Deafening Silence
Hello again,
It's been a long time since I posted to my LiveJournal and its not because of having a lack of things to say; more because I have focused on not always spilling and pouring out my heart and soul so quickly. Mind you it was incredibly helpful in the early days in college to just write out my frustrations and I appreciate this as a ( Read more... ) -
Hi...I am a Black Man in America.
Hello all, it has been a really long time since I have written anything on my livejournal. I have contemplated killing it, but then I have oddly felt compelled to use the platform to talk about some things that have been on my mind. I have been watching the news (far more now that I am out of school and have much less to do) and I know that we ( Read more... ) -
Race and Obama...Hand me a Reid or a Blagojevich...
I think it's finally time that I, Ernest Lewis, Jr. finally weigh in on the mess with race around President Obama and race. Let me make this clear that this is clearly opinion and perspective not a overwhelmingly researched treatise. When I think back on election day in November...I legitimately could not grasp fully what I was experiencing ( Read more... ) -
This is What I am Feeling...Despite not writing the crux of this
This is what I am feeling...I did not write what follows this introduction. I write this note post-Obama address on healthcare and knowing that the last note was about Ted Kennedy's death and what I believe the response of the Christian should be. I wanted to respond to what I heard and what I still believe. I pray for our president and I never ( Read more... )