Professor Says “White Churches Should Hang Their Heads In Shame” Over Charleston Shooting
Robert Gehl
June 22, 2015
A Dartmouth Professor said that White churches need to “hang their heads in shame” over what happened at the black Charleston church and should demand reparations for slavery.
Susannah Heschel, a professor of Jewish Studies spoke to MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry over the weekend. She argued that America cannot heal until financial reparations are made for the sin of slavery:
“The focus has been on forgiveness and the evocation has been of Christ of the cross forgiving,” she said. “But what about the Romans, the crucifiers? What about their repentance?” she asked. “In Judaism there is no repentance without restitution.
“I would like to know if the white churches in this country are hanging their heads in shame today,” she said. “But you know the shame isn’t enough because they can’t repent without restitution. When are we going to have reparation for slavery, for Jim Crow, for the new Jim Crow?
“Unless you give back, there is no forgiveness for you. The repentance cannot even begin without the restitution.”
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