Thoughts after watching "Birth of a Nation"
" Blackness is always assumed to be the problem" -Drew Hart in "The Trouble I've Already Seen" Matthew 25:40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. NIV Today, Amelia and I went to see the movie " Birth of a Nation " based upon the life of Nat Turner. Nat Turner was born at the turn of the 19th century as a slave in Virginia. He would lead a violent insurrection that led to the death of 55 Whites, mostly slave owners and their families. Local government and Slave owner families responded with violent reprisals against hundreds of slave and Free Black men, women, and children. The insurrection created a ripple effect where laws and processes were enacted that severely limited the ability to Blacks to congregate, read, or preach. In fact, one could say that a fear-based legal and social culture was promoted, in which has extended to