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(der drumpenfuhrer has, in Pres. Carter's words, "tapped a waiting reservoir of inherent racism"
Jimmy Carter, Seeing Resurgence of Racism, Plans Baptist Conference for Unity
Former President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta in August. Credit Kevin D. Liles for The New York Times
Former President Jimmy Carter, who has long put religion and racial reconciliation at the center of his life, is on a mission to heal a racial divide among Baptists and help the country soothe rifts that he believes are getting worse.
In an interview on Monday, Mr. Carter spoke of a resurgence of open racism, saying, I dont feel good, except for one thing: I think the country has been reawakened the last two or three years to the fact that we havent resolved the race issue adequately. He said that Republican animosity toward President Obama had a heavy racial overtone and that **********Donald J. Trumps surprisingly successful campaign for president had tapped a waiting reservoir there of inherent racism.*****
Mr. Carter conducted telephone interviews to call attention to a summit meeting he plans to hold in Atlanta this fall to bring together white, black, Hispanic and Asian Baptists to work on issues of race and social inequality. Mr. Carter began the effort, called the New Baptist Covenant, in 2007, but it has taken root in only a few cities. The initiative is expanding to enlist Baptist congregations across the country to unite across racial lines.
Mr. Carter, 91, began treatment last year for cancer that had started in his liver and spread to his brain. He announced in December that doctors had found him free of cancer but that he was still receiving treatments for metastatic melanoma. On Monday, he said he was feeling well.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/jimmy-carter-racism-baptist-conference-unity-donald-trump.html?_r=0
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)taught, to love everybody. Even our "enemies", the hate delivered in the SBC churches is not in keeping with what Jesus taught, I also left the SBC church because of the hate, it was hard for me to worship in a church which was telling me to hate others.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)made racist jokes from the pulpit.
Everybody laughed - even the one black couple who frequently attended.
Before I left home we were members of a few different baptist churches (never Southern Baptist though - those backsliders let their women wear pants for god's sake. To church!) and I never heard anything different from all the racists there. It's one of the many reasons I am a liberal atheist today. They were absolutely vile in private and just barely better in public.
As evidenced by Jimmy Carter there must be some baptists who are on board with unity and inclusion and maybe even the teachings of a Jesus but I never met any.
underpants
(182,848 posts)No question
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Hope his conference helps.
KG
(28,751 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)If anyone can do it, Jimmy can.