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The concept of "race," and the practice of racism is somewhat modern.
The concept of "race," and the practice of racism is somewhat modern.
This exercise is an effort to examine and share the Traditions and rites of the Christian faith t... more This exercise is an effort to examine and share the Traditions and rites of the Christian faith that, for the most part, has been unheard throughout the history of America. The ideal that the heart and conscious of Christianity that most certainly can shape how each disciple can experience the presence of God in their life daily. There is one Faith, and one baptism, but few come to the fullness of this one Faith that points east to Semitic and African ways of thinking. When we treat Christianity as if it is a Western construct or American culture, we rob it of its own rich culture, perspective, and consciousness. It is important that we know and understand the faith we profess. We need to dare to ask about Christianity's history and the culture in which it was born. The Eastern Christian mind is an outlook that can exist among any people, anywhere. One can be a Jewish Christian, born and raised in Jerusalem, speak fluent Hebrew and still hold a Western understanding of Christianity. On the other hand, one can be a
Drafts by Samuel M Davis
A modern thought concerning the criminal justice system often suggests the system is broken and i... more A modern thought concerning the criminal justice system often suggests the system is broken and is in desperate need of repair from the systemic racism that continues to be a part of the system. This assumption provokes the thought that the system was not coupled with radical principles in its birth. This grave misnomer concerning the makeup of the criminal justice system is exhausting. Historical findings in the criminal justice system have shown that the criminal justice system is not broken; rather it has been designed this way from its inception. The United States criminal justice system was created in a manner to control minority groups, namely the African American community. African Americans make up 13% of the United States of America, they account for 29% of arrest, 39% of prisoners in the state and federal facilities, 42% of death penalty cases, and 37% of executions. African Americans experience the full measure of the criminal justice system when they are offenders of breaking the law. Higginbotham noted his findings in his book Shades of Freedom: Radical Politics and the Presumptions of the American Legal Process (1996). Higginbotham found that White Americans ascribe very little justice to African Americans while turning a blind eye to their own criminality. The United States of America has devalued African American life through the justice system's inability to provide justice to those when victimized. Disappointingly, the United States Constitution initially deemed African Americans only 3/5th human. This tenet of our nation's government denied the divine personhood of all people of color. The savage caricature of African American males began during the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. The savage was the drawn up fear of the minds of White males that would later become a reality. Fear of the savage caricature created by the very same males that claimed superiority provoked the argument that African American males can only be kept in check through the oppression of slavery. Anti-black propaganda was spread throughout the nation through posters, so-called scientific journals, and crime novels. The construct of eugenics that gave life to the methods of Leopold and Hitler found its foundation here in the United States of America. Charles Carrol in his book, The Negro a Beast, attempted to propose the false idea that African Americans were not descendants from Adam, and were therefore not a part of the human family. Interethnic relations would produce beasts without souls and is the sole reason why God gave His Son to be sacrificed: To save the world from the sins of man's partnering with Negroes. It was these very images and thoughts that produced the structural makeup that shaped the US criminal justice system. The system is not in need of reform; the system was never right from its establishment. The US criminal justice system is a reflection of its society and African Americans have held a historic mistrust of the criminal justice system. During the TransAtlantic Slave Trade Era, African Americans were deemed inferior by White, Anglo-Saxons and were forced into slave labor to support the Southern economy. Efforts made to escape this existence prompted slave owners to employ the use of slave patrollers. This led to slave codes that fully embraced criminal law and settled almost every aspect of the life of the slave. These laws were only created for African Americans, and their breaking of the said laws came with grave consequences. The applications of these laws supported and promoted the ideology of Black inferiority and White Superiority. Historical race relations in the United States served as the central component in criminal justice failures.
The concept of "race," and the practice of racism is somewhat modern.
The concept of "race," and the practice of racism is somewhat modern.
This exercise is an effort to examine and share the Traditions and rites of the Christian faith t... more This exercise is an effort to examine and share the Traditions and rites of the Christian faith that, for the most part, has been unheard throughout the history of America. The ideal that the heart and conscious of Christianity that most certainly can shape how each disciple can experience the presence of God in their life daily. There is one Faith, and one baptism, but few come to the fullness of this one Faith that points east to Semitic and African ways of thinking. When we treat Christianity as if it is a Western construct or American culture, we rob it of its own rich culture, perspective, and consciousness. It is important that we know and understand the faith we profess. We need to dare to ask about Christianity's history and the culture in which it was born. The Eastern Christian mind is an outlook that can exist among any people, anywhere. One can be a Jewish Christian, born and raised in Jerusalem, speak fluent Hebrew and still hold a Western understanding of Christianity. On the other hand, one can be a
A modern thought concerning the criminal justice system often suggests the system is broken and i... more A modern thought concerning the criminal justice system often suggests the system is broken and is in desperate need of repair from the systemic racism that continues to be a part of the system. This assumption provokes the thought that the system was not coupled with radical principles in its birth. This grave misnomer concerning the makeup of the criminal justice system is exhausting. Historical findings in the criminal justice system have shown that the criminal justice system is not broken; rather it has been designed this way from its inception. The United States criminal justice system was created in a manner to control minority groups, namely the African American community. African Americans make up 13% of the United States of America, they account for 29% of arrest, 39% of prisoners in the state and federal facilities, 42% of death penalty cases, and 37% of executions. African Americans experience the full measure of the criminal justice system when they are offenders of breaking the law. Higginbotham noted his findings in his book Shades of Freedom: Radical Politics and the Presumptions of the American Legal Process (1996). Higginbotham found that White Americans ascribe very little justice to African Americans while turning a blind eye to their own criminality. The United States of America has devalued African American life through the justice system's inability to provide justice to those when victimized. Disappointingly, the United States Constitution initially deemed African Americans only 3/5th human. This tenet of our nation's government denied the divine personhood of all people of color. The savage caricature of African American males began during the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. The savage was the drawn up fear of the minds of White males that would later become a reality. Fear of the savage caricature created by the very same males that claimed superiority provoked the argument that African American males can only be kept in check through the oppression of slavery. Anti-black propaganda was spread throughout the nation through posters, so-called scientific journals, and crime novels. The construct of eugenics that gave life to the methods of Leopold and Hitler found its foundation here in the United States of America. Charles Carrol in his book, The Negro a Beast, attempted to propose the false idea that African Americans were not descendants from Adam, and were therefore not a part of the human family. Interethnic relations would produce beasts without souls and is the sole reason why God gave His Son to be sacrificed: To save the world from the sins of man's partnering with Negroes. It was these very images and thoughts that produced the structural makeup that shaped the US criminal justice system. The system is not in need of reform; the system was never right from its establishment. The US criminal justice system is a reflection of its society and African Americans have held a historic mistrust of the criminal justice system. During the TransAtlantic Slave Trade Era, African Americans were deemed inferior by White, Anglo-Saxons and were forced into slave labor to support the Southern economy. Efforts made to escape this existence prompted slave owners to employ the use of slave patrollers. This led to slave codes that fully embraced criminal law and settled almost every aspect of the life of the slave. These laws were only created for African Americans, and their breaking of the said laws came with grave consequences. The applications of these laws supported and promoted the ideology of Black inferiority and White Superiority. Historical race relations in the United States served as the central component in criminal justice failures.