Culture

“LAWD” WE AIN’T FREE YET?

June 19th, 1865 commemorates the end of slavery in the United States of America.

Growing up as a child in the South, namely in Ensley Alabama, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement was a very pensive time.

I saw what I thought was the dismantling of Systemic Racism.  I use to hear the elders talk about the hangings and beatings and acts of what I now recognize as domestic terrorism.

Even in my time it was said that an African American man was driving though downtown Birmingham at night with a fair skin sister sitting in the front seat of his car. He was pulled over by the police and questioned : “boy “!!!, why is this white woman sitting in the front seat of this car with you? A most uncomfortable time for both of them I am sure.

At the same time, I never been as proud to be able to go to Britling Cafeteria for dinner! My uncle lead a convoy of us to Eastwood Mall to have that dinner that night, and oh what a feast did we have! I remember the bill was somewhere around 75+ dollars. I also remember how proud my uncle was to be able to pay that money in cash! As small as it may seem now it was a great accomplishment!

But little did I know then that Systemic Racism had just changed clothes and was alive and well!

Reflecting over the recent events in our country, and I did say, our country, my heart bleeds!

It seems like I have been living in a time warp, to see that many caucasian people STILL hold on to the belief and lie  that we are 3/5 human and inferior. If that is not enough, they teach their children this lie into perpetuity!!! This group of people treat animals with more respect and dignity than they do African Americans. Legislation is in place to prevent animal abuse, and it should be. There is an oxymoron in there, can you see it?

I am just sitting here reflecting, talking to the Lord. Saying”

LAWD WE AIN’T FREE YET!!!

 

 

RACISM STAND DOWN!

May 25, 2020, was a day that I will never forget as I watched hatred, immoral behavior, racism, and demonic activity rise to a level that I thought would never rise again, but then I saw the murder of George Floyd.  I will NEVER forget the look on the police officer’s face with his hand in his pocket adding even more pressure to this handcuffed man on the ground while Mr. Floyd begged for life!

I say that, but it is really not true!  The evil of racism has been around a long time!

As a little girl growing up in Ensley Alabama during the height of the Civil Rights movement, I witnessed the schools emptied as the young people walked downtown to be bitten by German Shepherds and hosed down with water with the pressure so strong that harmed their skin and knocked them down. People we beat with Billy clubs, shot and killed. Houses were bombed all over Birmingham, even in Ensley, Dr King’s brother house was bombed. One Sunday while the City of Birmingham, was in Sunday school the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed and four little girls lost their life. They were innocent little girls like me. I witnessed the boycott, that year. I was taught that we were sacrificing for a better day! Meaning no trip to my favorite store for my Easter Dress.

Things began to open up and yes, we didn’t have to ride in the back of the bus nor go to the back of a restaurant to get food from a side window that we paid more for…  Finally, I got to go to the State Fair on a day other than Wednesday. For you see, Wednesday was Colored Day.

But while we were busy enjoying meniscal privileges, no rights that were ours because we were American Citizens, the enemy that we thought was muted, racism simply shifted.

He diversified. He expanded his horizons, and entered the Seven Mountains of Influence/culture. The 7 Mountains are: Arts and Entertainment, Business, Education, Family, Government, Media and Religion in a very subtle and calculated way.

The experiences that I shared earlier were rooted in the spirit of racism.

Fighting the spirit of racism is a dual war, it must be fought in the natural and in the supernatural.  Now I am sure that you are wondering why I am saying this. I will share with you why. A spirit needs a body to host it. When people allow evil to enter their mindset, they participate in immoral activities. Their participation is a choice. We are in spiritual warfare, moral vs. immoral. Racism is spiritual, but it is acted out in the natural!  We must fight the spirit of racism in prayer, it is there in prayer, we obtain a supernatural strategy to fight against racism and implement the spiritual downloaded strategy in the natural. One strategy to fight against racism is love.  Love always wins! Love does not negate justice and fairness, it stands for it! But love always wins!

As believers we have been given authority to legislate and decree.

Job 22:28 NKJV reads” You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.”

Isaiah 45:11
 Thus says the Lord, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
“Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons;
And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.

So today, by the AUTHORITY GIVEN ME BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, I command:

RACISM to: CEASE AND DESIST!

 

STAND DOWN RACISM!