PhD student, Princeton University. JD/MDiv, Emory University ‘22. Studying Black sacred place(s), urban history, law, and theory.
Jan 8 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Speaking as an AME whose mother was ordained in Mother Emanuel: If it was hallowed ground then Joe Biden, who lends financial and moral support to the genocide of Palestinians, should never have been speaking there to begin with. His presence was the desecration.
Also, read up on AME history? What mental acrobatics are required to suggest that protest is somehow desacralizing when the denomination was founded out of *checks notes* a protest in *checks notes again* the sanctuary of St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church?!
