MARY, MARTHA & BLACK FOLKS
We too have chosen the better part. We being African Americans who, like Mary and Martha, were confronted with the choice of how to proceed, after 1876's political betrayal by our former Republican friends . We chose the better part.
That better part was to work from the inside out of racial oppression, rather than battling from outside in. That means that soft tissue of love, joy, entertainment, music, worship, were worked relentlessly, not the tougher crusts of business, politics.
We may not have known that we were following Mary, not Martha . But her better course we pursued .
Now, partly because of our resolute pursuit of the better part, folks who formerly could call upon, count on, the racist dog-whistle of repression to rally around the Confederate flag do find themselves on the run; find that they are under their own guns!
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A38-42&version=NKJV
Thursday, February 22, 2018
MARY MARTHA AND BLACK FOLKS
MARY, MARTHA & BLACK FOLKS
We too have chosen the better part. We being African Americans who, like Mary and Martha, were confronted with the choice of how to proceed, after 1876's political betrayal by our former Republican friends . We chose the better part.
That better part was to work from the inside out of racial oppression, rather than battling from outside in. That means that soft tissue of love, joy, entertainment, music, worship, were worked relentlessly, not the tougher crusts of business, politics.
We may not have known that we were following Mary, not Martha . But her better course we pursued .
Now, partly because of our resolute pursuit of the better part, folks who formerly could call upon, count on, the racist dog-whistle of repression to rally around the Confederate flag do find themselves on the run; find that they are under their own guns!
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A38-42&version=NKJV