Jun 24 2020 29 mins
“I planted a rose bush near my mailbox several years ago. I thought it was a good idea at the time. It grew and got bigger, but when mail carriers would come by, the rose bush would prick them. So I eventually realized I had to take the rosebush down. I cut it down, but it came back. And every time I cut it down, it continued to come back. After time, I realized to cut down the manifestation of the rosebush, I had to get to the root. This is what we have done in America. We planted the issue of race, years ago, in the American psyche, and we utilized that to support the issue of slavery. Over time, the issue of race grew back, through slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the 1960s Civil Rights movement, and the prickly rose bush of race came back again and again. These bushes continue to prick us today and erode equality and justice for all. The solution is to solve the problem at its root.” – Rev. Sadler
We are at a moment in time where we can recreate our future. In this episode, Dr. Gopin interviews African American scholar, theologian and activist Reverend Dr. Rodney Sadler on transforming our racialized America. With personal insight and words of wisdom, Dr. Sadler reviews the past with America’s history of slavery and the present with protests sparked by the death of George Floyd and others. But he provides a hopeful outlook on the future with solutions to our racialized society, starting with the reimagination of the ideological issue of race itself.
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We are at a moment in time where we can recreate our future. In this episode, Dr. Gopin interviews African American scholar, theologian and activist Reverend Dr. Rodney Sadler on transforming our racialized America. With personal insight and words of wisdom, Dr. Sadler reviews the past with America’s history of slavery and the present with protests sparked by the death of George Floyd and others. But he provides a hopeful outlook on the future with solutions to our racialized society, starting with the reimagination of the ideological issue of race itself.
This conversation is meant for listeners of all backgrounds.
For more information on Rev. Rodney Sadler, please visit https://bit.ly/2zOTbNE
For more information on U.S. massacres, visit https://bit.ly/2NuG7k1
For more information on five other race massacres, visit https://bet.us/2YYUNNx
Questions and comments can be sent to [email protected]
Check out our other episodes in Making Change: https://apple.co/2xF9bkd
Follow us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3cwnDd8
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support.