The aftermath of the Charleston church tragedy has some Americans flirting with crazy talk. The killer wanted to spark a race war in this nation and he just might get his oxymoronic civil war. The central theme of my day is often set by the scripture in my daily devotion and today Isaiah 1: 17-19 hit right on time.
Isaiah 1:17-19 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord…..If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.
“Let us reason together” has been on my mind since I started this blog with the influence of a Black Republican and a Black Independent. We were just weary of those who favored fussing and fighting for political gains with little regard for the ultimate objective…a more perfect union.
If we reason together, we would calmly sit down and here from every point of view about the history of this nation as it relates to peaceably moving forward. It’s silly to think that private citizens shouldn’t be able to displace the stars and bars flag or the red, black and green flag on their private vehicles and shirts when the flags represents themselves only and not the community or state as a whole. It’s silly to discuss removing the figures from Stone Mountain in Georgia. Really? With all the jacked up things happening in the state and nation, this is your focus. We shouldn’t remove all vestiges of racism because clearly we still have much racism–black and white racism.
During the civil rights movement, Atlanta was called the city too busy to hate. Leaders in this southern city were about turning the corner faster and reaping the financial benefit of being cool, calm and collected. You can trip all you want but when tripping starts costing you real money…hold your horses.
A friend pointed out a beautiful building in Savannah that was built to lure BMW to Georgia. In the end, the German automaker went to South Carolina because in part that state addressed a confederate flag issues before Georgia. The nation that has Hitler and the holocaust in their recent past was tripping because BMW was concerned about racial problems on their factory floor in the American South. Again, when tripping cost you real money is time to sit down and come to some reasonable conclusions.
Reasonable people can say that someone fought hard for a cause that I don’t support..i.e. a Nazi combat flying ace or the military maneuvers of General Robert E. Lee. But, if we insist on refighting the Civil War or addressing the stealing of this land from the Native Americans, we are going to open a big can of worms like the discussion of reparations…let’s not go there.
On my blog, I wrote the Best Interests Initiative to start a discussion about improving the South in a non-governmental way by having governmental leaders openly and honestly outline their limited roles. It’s in our best interest to work together as brothers or perish as fools.
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