Last Friday a group of liberal activists organized a rally and march that began at Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights.They marched to the King Historical Center where Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, shouted to the throng: “We are sick and tired of our sisters and brothers being killed for walking while black, driving while black, dealing with a stalled car while black, holding a toy gun while black, going to get some candy wearing a hoodie while black.” At a time when Mayor Kasim Reed and a chorus of biracial Atlanta leaders are calling for calm and reasonable dialogue, Warnock’s inflammatory racial rhetoric and generalizations regarding law enforcement have the pastor’s standing in the state’s capital SINKING…
Congressmen dodge antisemitism vote
This week the U.S. House passed a resolution condemning antisemitism in the U.S., which has seen an uptick as tensions have risen after war broke out between Israel and Hamas. The final tally was 311 in favor, 14 opposed, and 92 voting ‘present,’ including Democratic Reps. Hank Johnson of Lithonia, Lucy McBath of Marietta and Nikema Williams of Atlanta. Democrats in opposition (or sitting out the vote) said voicing support for the Jewish people was just an attempt to be divisive. Those reps. in opposition of antisemitism are SINKING…
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