Cincinnati Minister Dismissed
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December 31st, 2001 at 7:03 pm
Seems he deserved to be dismissed. Signing a letter that “criticizes police and urges an economic boycott” hardly seems consistent with his duties of promoting racial healing.
January 7th, 2002 at 11:59 am
So it isn’t even possible that the path to “racial healing” runs through the truth?
I suspect one thing that would help Cincinnati tremendously is for White people to come to terms with just how bad the Cincinnati police have been to and for black folks.
And if it takes an economic boycott to force White people to come to grips with these ugly realities, so be it.
March 24th, 2002 at 1:59 am
What is to stop the city from buying up the abondoned buildings and run down housing in the Over the Rhine area, then demolishing them an make parking lots. Then where will the poor lower class people live then. All I can say is I have seen what happened in Detriot I think they called it a “White flight” now their metro area as a whole looks like a slum with nothing to do bt Sports an Bars. Now I ask how would that be better for the city of Cincinnati, the business owners in the downtown area if the boycott continues will start to close and move to outlining nieghborhoods around the city. The end result of this will be even less money for the city meaning more poverty, unemployment and the demise of the downtown. As for the comment of “if it takes an economic boycott to force white people to come to grips with these ugly realities, so be it.” speaking for myself an many others that I know we will just move out of the city aka cincinnati white flight.
March 29th, 2002 at 7:30 pm
the white american people are still
very ignorant when it comes to recognizing the future of America,and it is one of the reasons why this great nation of ours will continue to suffer because of the racial tension that whites stir up among other peoples.
The future of America is a future were multiculturalism is key to uniting all people, no matter what color, religion, or creed. Boycotting Cincinnati is a great idea that should be used more nowadays in cities like New York, where the white NYPD officers will use 9/11 attack as redemption and an excuse to continue brutalizing innocent black people. Times like these call for a boycott, or other kinds of political action. Rogue white cops killing young black kids is common nowadays. The white american people know that they are wrong and it is their pride that makes them so headstrong about issues like this. Whites get a kick out of stripping other ethinicities of their pride and dignity, and that’s historically proven. I guess now we need to find a way to let them know that WITHOUT BLACKS, OR ANY OTHER MINORITY, the same minority that works for the white people, even though we are underpaid, discriminated against, and ignored for our historical place in AMERICA, To the white people I say: WITHOUT US THERE IS NO YOU! WE want justice, WE want peace, WE want equality, and most of all we want what is due to us, and you already know what WE want. WE want R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
April 21st, 2002 at 9:50 am
I must say, the dismissal of my pastor, the Rev. Damon Lynch III is a sorry thing to see happen, but should have happened. With the production of the boycott letters, no he was not inciting racial equality. Better yet he was forcing racial inequality to get the attention of those who causes the day to day racial inequalities within cincinnati. It’s a sense of reverse psychology, and also it’s showing the whites in cincinnati, well the nation as a whole, that african americans within cincinnati do have powers to work with. The main problem, in my opinion, in cincinnati is that whites do not have a respect for the african american. They still see them as the “lower-class”. Yes we all know this, but knowing and understanding and taking a stand are very different. Rev. Lynch III is doing all this. As with any other situation, if you’re the one chosen to speak for a whole, you are the one who will be condemned the most. Condemned even by the main people you are supporting. The boycott is not only the frustration of african americans being seen, but it’s also an eye opener to the officials of cincinnati…”we shall overcome someday!”