KINGDOM INTERSECTION

Distinctions are important. Especially when lending your support to flawed countries, organisations or lavishing praise on flawed people.  It's important for clarity - "I'm for this; although I recognise that." It's intellectually honest; it's mature; a sign of sober moral reasoning. It’s the recognition that some things are, well, nuanced.  No where has "distinction" been stretched to its absolute breaking point, than in the case of Ukraine. It is universally agreed that a country’s sovereignty was violated, that it is right to mobilise resources to care for people who were displaced as a result, and that of course, we all shudder at the senseless taking of life, due to this conflict.  Insert distinction here: We must now come to grips with the fact that governments, world leaders, corporations, eager to be on the "right side of history," may have devoted resources, billions of dollars, unwavering support to a highly corrupt nation. Which

Last month (October) was Black History Month in the UK. So once again children in school were exposed to great quotes from black civil rights leaders, learning about black inventors, and of course revisiting the BLM protests and riots. We are two years removed from those protests and riots that swept through several major US cities in the name of “ racial equality .” In the sheer chaos of it all, you may not have noticed the demographic makeup of the crowds. Which is understandable, considering the circumstances. Nevertheless, some did take notice, and even in their studies lauding the ethic and racial diversity of protesters, found that white people made up the majority of remonstrators. Just as interesting is the fact that the majority of white protesters and activists were also women, but that is a post for another day. Even now as society rests on a thin crust, atop a “ social justice ” volcano, ready to erupt with one mischaracterised police shooting. The majority of those who ma

A primary goal of reparations, proposed by Duke University’s William “Sandy” Darity (and prefaced in Thabiti Anyabwile’s - Reparations Are Biblical)  is ” payments for the wrongs done .” While there is universal agreement that “ reparations was owed at some point ,” it was not issued at or close to the time of emancipation. Which would have satisfied, more conclusively, the core principles of compensation, restitution and responsibility - restitution to slaves and slaveholders being held responsible. Without the ability to hold slaveholders financially accountable, securing reparations for slavery presently, would depend on, among other things, identifying descendants of slaves and determining as accurately as possible, the wealth accrued through slave labour. However, similar to the history of slavery, the economics of slavery in the US is an area fraught with reframed, omissive or patently false narratives. These narratives, are rooted in ideological expectations; expectations hi