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'Racism Is Not Welcome Here': Minnesota Residents Speak Out Against Whites-Only Church Permitted by City Council
Earlier this month, The Root reported that in Murdock, Minn.—a small city of around 280 residents—white nationalist group Asatru Folk Assembly was granted permission via city council vote to turn an abandoned Lutheran church into a whites-only church for worshipers to…oh, I don’t know…be white and racist together in the name of whatever Klan-ish deity…
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Churches Across the U.S. Are Launching Reparations Programs
The topic of reparations is a touchy one…for white people. While the American government hasn’t touched the topic in a serious way, churches across the country are taking it upon themselves to try and make amends for the role they played in the slave trade. According to the Associated Press, there is a renewed interest…
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How President Trump Went to Church and Became Every Broke Man at the Strip Club
There aren’t many times where I can say that President Trump and I share anything in common. In fact, there aren’t any. Not one. Then, President Trump went to the International Church of Las Vegas on Sunday, and he looked just as uncomfortable as most men do when they walk into the strip club sober.…
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Black Church Bamboozled Into Hosting Blue Lives MAGA Rally Complete With Confederate Flags, Trump Signs
Parishioners at a Texas church were shocked to discover their parking lot filled with crimson-necked, pickup-truck-driving, Confederate flag-waving MAGA cyclists who had hoodwinked the house of worship into hosting a Blue Lives Matter rally on Communion Sunday. Friendship-West Baptist Church (no relation to Kanye) in Dallas is not just a place where saints and sinners…
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Catholic Priest in Indiana Suspended After Calling Black Lives Matter 'Maggots and Parasites'
Regardless of their occupation, quite a few white Americans are dead set on ensuring systemic racism continues in this country. Take, for instance, a Catholic priest based in Indiana who told his followers that the Black Lives Matters movement is comprised of “maggots and parasites.” CBS News reports that Rev. Theodore Rothrock of St. Elizabeth…
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The Punk-Ass President Had Peaceful Protesters Tear-Gassed So He Wouldn’t Look Like a Bunker Bitch
President Archie Bunker (but more racist and less likable) heard all our jokes about him hiding as police clashed with protesters Friday night, so what did he do? He did the only respectable thing that a punk-ass president would do: he had peaceful protesters tear-gassed outside the White House so that he could walk the…
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Hallelujah! OWN Is Developing a Greenleaf Spinoff
Somebody’s grandma has been praying every night because we have some great news! The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has confirmed that it is developing a spinoff for its beloved television show, Greenleaf! Starring Keith David, Lynn Whitfield, Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Lamman Rucker, Deborah Joy Winans and more, Greenleaf takes us into the scandalous life…
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Saturday Night Live Shows How Difficult Church Services on Zoom Can Be
Given the new reality of our world with COVID-19’s takeover, many of our regular meetups with friends, family and loved ones are conducted over video chat apps and programs like FaceTime and Zoom. Between technical issues and people simply not knowing how to use it effectively, Zoom, in particular, has yielded some hilarious experiences for…
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What You Don't Know Could Hurt Everyone: It'll Take Community Resistance to Fight COVID-19
Last week, I was diagnosed with COVID 19. I am asymptomatic so the diagnosis came as a surprise. But what was even more surprising? Discovering my status as a result of the free testing event I’d hosted at my church. I am the pastor of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, the largest church in Philadelphia. To…