Our Sins Will Find Us Out

During my youth, family members were always in Grace Methodist Church (East St. Louis, Illinois) every Wednesday night. They studied scripture, shared testimony and sang gospel hymns. I'm certain that they never felt unsafe. The 1940's & 1950's were not free of prejudice, discrimination and racism. Perhaps those AME Churches on Piggott and Bond Avenues in East St. Louis' south end did feel unsafe.

Two nights ago, several black people gathered in their Charleston, South Carolina Church to praise their Lord. Ten black people were shot by a deranged young white male; nine of those God loving folks died. 

We must all examine our own donation to a culture, which produces such acts of hatred and heinous crimes against mankind. Every person who has used a racial slur, every person who has laughed at a racial joke, all people who are intolerant and promote divisiveness based on ethnicity have 'ownership' to this growing nationwide 'hate-sickness.'

MSNBC, Fox News and their respective spin-doctors of ugly-divisiveness have blood on their hands. Popular radio talk show (political) pundits with their daily subliminal hate language promote intolerance for minority races, immigrants, gays and anyone who holds different views.

Every American should stuff their superior pompous attitude and condescending tones about other nations' atrocities towards mankind. Matter-of-fact, we Americans have enough shit to shovel in our own backyard. Secondly, all Americans should ask themselves two questions: (1) If a Black person cannot be BLACK in his own CHURCH, where the hell can he be Black? (2) Who's guarding the doors at YOUR Church?
There should be nationwide outrage about lacking mental health care  and the ease of gun access.