PS I don't want this to turn into an existential debate on God. Thanks.
by Neoconstantius » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:32 am
Irate Ivy League professor calls God ‘a white racist god’ after Zimmerman verdict
In light of a Florida jury verdict finding George Zimmerman not guilty, a professor at an Ivy League university has now concluded that God is “a white racist god with a problem” who “is carrying a gun and stalking young black men.”
The fulmination is part of an epic blog rant by Anthea Butler, an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania and a frequent guest at media outlets including MSNBC and CNN.
In the diatribe, Butler cites a book she first read as a seminary student called Is God a White Racist? by William R. Jones. She found the book surprising then, but says she understands it now, particularly as she contemplates the death of Trayvon Martin, who died on February 26, 2012.
“God ain’t good all of the time,” Butler declares. “In fact, sometimes, God is not for us. As a black woman in an [sic] nation that has taken too many pains to remind me that I am not a white man, and am not capable of taking care of my reproductive rights, or my voting rights, I know that this American god ain’t my god.”
Butler is particularly upset at what she views as the conservative Christian conception of the Creator.
“Whatever makes them protected, safe, and secure, is worth it at the expense of the black and brown people they fear,” she rages. “Their god is the god that wants to erase race.”
Butler also complains about the Three-Fifths Compromise, which essentially treated slaves as three-fifths of a person, and which was part of the Constitution when it was originally ratified in 1789.
In 1865, almost 150 years ago, the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, thus nullifying the notorious compromise.
“Religious conservatism of the 21st century is in bed with the prison industrial complex, the Koch brothers, the NRA—all while proclaiming that they are ‘pro-life,’” Butler also claims. “They are anything but. They are the ones who thought that what George Zimmerman did was right.”
by Nationalist State of Knox » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:33 am
Ifreann wrote:Knox: /ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/
by Neoconstantius » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:35 am
Nationalist State of Knox wrote:He hates Canaanites, so yes.
by Disserbia » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:35 am
by Nationalist State of Knox » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:36 am
Ifreann wrote:Knox: /ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/
by Samozaryadnyastan » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:36 am
Malgrave wrote:You are secretly Vladimir Putin using this forum to promote Russian weapons and tracking down and killing those who oppose you.
by Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:36 am
by Eura » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:37 am
by Diopolis » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:37 am
by Southern Patriots » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:37 am
Neoconstantius wrote:[spoiler]Irate Ivy League professor calls God ‘a white racist god’ after Zimmerman verdict
Panzerjaeger wrote:Why would Cleopatra have cornrows? She is from Egypt not the goddamn Bronx.
by L Ron Cupboard » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:38 am
by Old Tyrannia » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:38 am
by Nationalist State of Knox » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:38 am
Samozaryadnyastan wrote:No, this is one person being a mentalist.
If anything, religion is racist by consistently depicting the Christian God as white.
Ifreann wrote:Knox: /ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/
by TaQud » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:38 am
by Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:39 am
Samozaryadnyastan wrote:No, this is one person being a mentalist.
If anything, religion is racist by consistently depicting the Christian God as white.
by Southern Patriots » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:39 am
Panzerjaeger wrote:Why would Cleopatra have cornrows? She is from Egypt not the goddamn Bronx.
by Neoconstantius » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:40 am
by Southern Patriots » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:41 am
L Ron Cupboard wrote:He doesn't seem too keen on the Jews.
Panzerjaeger wrote:Why would Cleopatra have cornrows? She is from Egypt not the goddamn Bronx.
by Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:41 am
by Nationalist State of Knox » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:43 am
Ifreann wrote:Knox: /ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ/
by Farnhamia » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:45 am
by Southern Patriots » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:46 am
Helvereos wrote:Maybe. But how can God be racist if all these races exist? Kinda pointless, isn't it? Unless they're being used as playthings.
Panzerjaeger wrote:Why would Cleopatra have cornrows? She is from Egypt not the goddamn Bronx.
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