Charleston –the Pain and the Glory

Coach is Right ^ | 6/29/15 | Ed Wood

[Oldpuppymax]

I believe it was the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who expressed the opinion that true racial harmony would come to the South before it comes to the North. The reaction of the people of Charleston, SC, and more specifically, the bereaved family members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church where such a heinous crime was committed, may give credence to Dr. King’s assessment.

If we compare the recent Baltimore circumstance to the tragedy in Charleston and forget, for the moment, that the Baltimore incident was triggered by the arrest of a suspected drug dealer while in Charleston, the victims were attending a prayer service in their church—if we do these things and consider only the number of victims, the Charleston incident was at least 9 times worse.

But look at the difference in community reaction. In the northern city of Baltimore, Maryland there was looting, burning, and pillaging. In Charleston, South Carolina there was an outpouring of Christian forgiveness. Or as was stated by one of the bereaved family members, “We are handling it with grace and love, not hatred.”

And their word to the world was:

“Hey Ferguson. Hey Baltimore. This is South Carolina. This is how we do it. We are family. No riots. No looting. Nobody acting like A Sharptonanimals. What do you see here? Multi-racial. Multi-ethnic. All colors. All races. Banding together to defeat evil. No Obama. No Sharpton. We don’t need Obama’s patronizing, politicizing attitude. We don’t need Sharpton’s divisive presence. Both of you, STAY AWAY!”

Dr. Alveda King, niece of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it this way: “Evil knows no color. My grandmother, Alberta King, was shot down & killed by a crazed black man while playing the organ in Church.”

But that wasn’t enough for the...

[Logical me]

Racial harmony will never come to the black. Main reason that many did not earn it the same way most Americans have and still do. Hard work, education, and family structure. Blacks want to force these benefits or they will destroy those that did it the hard way. Black are mostly fooling themselves and they will never get it the way they are trying.

[NEMDF]

Is the $29,000,000 that 0bama has sent to the families of the nine victims considered to be part of the pain or part of the glory?