[Lekooks] BLM Learn & Take Action April #1

[Ginger G]

Black Lives Matter - Learn & Take Action for April 2021 #1
LEARN – Anti-abortion sprung as a more palatable issue than racism for Christian Nationalists. Read THIS <https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133> and learn how racism is at the core of anti-abortion sentiments. You can listen to NPR Morning Edition on this subject HERE <https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/734303135/throughline-traces-evangelicals-history-on-the-abortion-issue>  Also, learn the vocabulary word obdurate (stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action) and obduracy <https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/obduracy> in this article – it’s a useful word these days.

TAKE ACTION – Republican (or lean GOP) white people think that white people are discriminated against <https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/18/majorities-of-americans-see-at-least-some-discrimination-against-black-hispanic-and-asian-people-in-the-u-s/> about the same amount as Black people (63%). Being racist and calling out those who see systemic racism is part of the plan, according to this opinion. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/republicans-want-you-call-their-policies-racist-its-part-their-plan/>  We saw it in Oconomowoc’s local non-partisan school board race, and it’s evident in national politics too. Begin to see how current issues are intended to continue white supremacy.

Ginger Goral, Social Justice committee, Lake Country Unitarian Universalist Church, lcuuc.org <http://lcuuc.org/>

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