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Does An Unreasonable Fear of Black Men Exist?

When viral videos of conflicts between blacks and law enforcement officers, blacks being harassed by white women comedically known as “Karens”, or blacks being criminally profiled by over-zealous white males are released, I make it a point to say as…

Derryck GreenMay 28, 2020

Politics Race

Biden’s Black Agenda– More Government Dependency

Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden released his compulsory plan for helping American blacks– should he win the November election. Few people noticed. Predictably, Biden promises expanded government intervention into the lives of American blacks. Consequently, his plan calls for substantial government…

Derryck GreenMay 19, 2020

Politics Religion

French Presses White Evangelicals

I enjoyed reading David French’s columns and musings at National Review and looked forward to reading his perspective on everything from law to religion. I still enjoy reading much of what he writes. However, the 2016 presidential campaign and election…

Derryck GreenApril 27, 2020

Culture Religion

Aretha Franklin’s Funeral Service: Remembering The Queen Of Soul’s Beautiful Life

Family and friends gather in Detroit at Greater Grace Temple for Aretha Franklin’s funeral. Former President Bill Clinton, Smokey Robinson, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson are among the speakers, with musical tributes by Ariana Grande, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, The…

Derryck GreenSeptember 3, 2018

Culture Politics Religion

Christians, Conservatives, and Evangelicals Aren’t White Supremacists- Despite Media Claim

The media have been trying to tarnish the reputation of conservatives, Christians and evangelicals for quite some time, to be sure. Yet since Donald Trump won the election, media types and other leftist acolytes have been working especially hard to…

Derryck GreenSeptember 19, 2017

Culture Race

Confederate Statues, Affirmative Action, and Cheap Racial Virtue

Facilitated by media manipulation and exploitation, people have lost perspective trying to outdo one another in their moral condemnation of racial supremacy witnessed in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Because the media finally found actual white racists to cover, rather than smearing white…

Derryck GreenSeptember 18, 2017

Culture

Observations on Charlottesville: Project 21 Members Reflect

It goes without saying that members of the Project 21 black leadership network are appalled by what transpired this past weekend in Charlottesville. There is a lot to be angry about when it comes to Charlottesville. The hostile actions there that enflamed…

Derryck GreenAugust 21, 2017

Culture

Kingdom diversity not the same as affirmative action

A Southern Baptist seminary's initiative to bring more ethnic and gender diversity to its campus may appear to be affirmative action on the surface, but a black Christian leader argues that the school is trying to do a good thing.…

Derryck GreenAugust 21, 2017

Culture Faith Politics Race Religion

Christian Responses to Charlottesville: Forgiveness, Not Virtue Signaling

The responses to the white supremacy rally and the resulting violence in Charlottesville have metastasized out of proportion to what happened. The media’s amplification and exploitation of last weekend’s events, the surrounding tensions- and virtue signaling reactions- have been…

Derryck GreenAugust 17, 2017

Culture Politics Race

The Return of Racially Segregated “Safe Spaces”

Despite segregation being outlawed more than 50 years ago, some are aggressively trying to bring it back, particularly on college campuses. Confusingly, the most hyperactive voices advocating for a return to racial segregation are the actual beneficiaries of desegregation, black…

Derryck GreenJuly 5, 2017

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