Juneteenth and Critical Race Theory

The Joy of Living and Learning – Conversations With Phyllis

What would Jesus do or say about Juneteenth and the history of America? The one thing that I can say about that is the words that are stated in my text today. We have to come to this story from the point of view of what Paul says in Ephesians 4:31-32 – “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” We cannot study America’s darkest sin unless we come to it with a forgiving heart and love for one another.

Critical Race Theory is a distraction from what is really happening, and I think the faction of society promoting this criticism is winning. What are they distracting us from? The narrative has been taken over by the controversy of Critical Race Theory. Don’t buy into the okey-doke. Critical Race Theory is a distraction from the fact that White Supremacist are fighting to keep the teaching of slavery out of schools so that children will not learn the true truth about the legacy of slavery and the part slavery played in making this country the richest and the greatest. Critical Race Theory has nothing, nothing to do with what is being proposed to be taught to our elementary, middle and senior high school students. Don’t get distracted by the distractors.