“A “black movement” began this. Maybe a “black movement” could result in ending it too.”
Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson (a black pastor) runs a Tea Party type movement in Los Angeles, CA. You’ve probably heard him on conservative talk radio, or seen him on Fox. He’s a frequent guest on both.
He’s dedicated his life to opening the eyes of black people who’ve been mentally enslaved by the hard left and the Democrat party. He’s made progress, but obviously it’s a task too big for one man or organization. Hopefully, he’ll inspire others to start their own crusades.
As to a black caucus on FR, there’s none that I know of, and there probably never will be, which is just fine. Real conservatives are color blind.
We can be too purist though, I fear.
A black caucus, should it come into being, would need to be treated carefully, as FR constantly attracts evil soreheads. Evil soreheads are what manage to keep the race wars going.
I attempted to write a conciliatory ditty years ago in my “Rednecks Built America (Rednecks Come In Many Colors)” but again I am almost tone deaf to what would fly in the black community — a caucus certainly could help inform such outreach attempts. I only picked up on the term “redneck” in this context because it was used by one of my black colleagues at a leading telecommunications firm decades ago. And redneck sort of carries a connotation of outcast (for that same reason I wrote another ditty illustrating Jesus’ life in “redneck” terms).
I just have a gut feeling that a white preacher like me is going to go over like a lead balloon by myself.
As the bible says, “I became all things unto all people so that some might be saved.”
I might not agree with the wisdom (in fact certainly would disagree in some areas) about the black community’s point of view. But at least I would want to understand what it is. Then I can reason concerning the wisdom. True wisdom ultimately is about embracing God into a picture, and God is the source of a cornucopia of blessings. Obama can talk about healing, but until a Healer is invited into the picture, alas such talk is only going to be vain.
Maybe I am a bleeding heart, but I only want my heart to bleed with the blood of God, not with the fallen blood of humanity. Do we dare think that God’s heart is not aching here.
Amen!
But we aren’t culture blind.
“Real conservatives are color blind.”
Indeed, sir. Indeed.