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RE: Day 660: 5 Minute Freewrite: Sunday - Prompt: plum cobbler
wow this is so well and interestingly written. I like Mr. Turner's attitude here.
wow this is so well and interestingly written. I like Mr. Turner's attitude here.
Nathan Turner represents the post-Dylann Roof young Black Christian ... we are much less interested in integrated worship because we get tired of having to watch our backs ... this is a point of personal sadness for me because I had occasions, growing up, to be in integrated worship, and it was wonderful, but when present events of shootings and burnings of Black churches linked up with the history, a lot of that youthful joy went away for me.
STILL, Mr. Turner ALSO reflects what the Spirit of God can do in a tense racial climate even in church -- the Spirit brings PEACE, even though historical and current circumstances suggest otherwise. It also helps that Captain Lee proved his bonafides as someone for justice and freedom (see "Black and White and RED All Over", part 11), and recognizes how his family history means he will have to come humbly. Mr. Turner is acting based on those facts as well as on his faith.