{"id":1118,"date":"2013-10-25T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/10\/the-most-controversial-sentence-i-ever-wrote.html"},"modified":"2013-10-25T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T15:44:00","slug":"the-most-controversial-sentence-i-ever-wrote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/10\/the-most-controversial-sentence-i-ever-wrote.html","title":{"rendered":"The Most Controversial Sentence I Ever Wrote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
The most controversial sentence I ever wrote, considering the response to it, was not about abortion, marriage equality, the wars in Vietnam or Iraq, elections, or anything to do with national or church politics. It was a statement about the founding of the United States of America. Here\u2019s the sentence:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cThe United States of America was established as a white society, founded upon the near genocide of another race and then the enslavement of yet another.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
The comments were overwhelming, with many calling the statement\u00a0outrageous<\/em>\u00a0and some calling it\u00a0courageous<\/em>. But it was neither. The sentence was simply a historical statement of the facts.\u00a0It was the first sentence of a\u00a0<\/span>Sojourners<\/em>\u00a0magazine cover article, published 26 years ago titled \u201cAmerica\u2019s Original Sin: The Legacy of White Racism<\/a><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
An extraordinary new film called\u00a0<\/span>12 Years a Slave<\/em>\u00a0has just come out, and Sojourners\u00a0<\/span>hosted the premiere<\/a>\u00a0for the faith community on March 9 in Washington, D.C. Rev. Otis Moss III was on the panel afterward that\u00a0<\/span>reflected on the film<\/a>. Dr. Moss is not only a dynamic pastor and preacher in Chicago, but he is also a teacher of cinematography who put this compelling story about Solomon Northup \u2014 a freeman from New York, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery \u2014 into the historical context of all the American films ever done on slavery.\u00a0<\/span>12 Years<\/em>\u00a0is the most accurate and best produced drama of slavery ever done, says Moss.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Read the rest here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most controversial sentence I ever wrote, considering the response to it, was not about abortion, marriage equality, the wars in Vietnam or Iraq, elections, or anything to do with national or church politics. It was a statement about the founding of the United States of America. 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