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Why Do You Want To Kill Me?

"Why do you want to kill me?"  

Does a gold grill justify a black man's death?

Does a darker and sweaty complexion in Oklahoma summer heat warrant a black man's execution?

Does a muscular physique require lethal force to be used against a black man?

What is it about me that makes you want to kill me?

Does the bass of my voice make you feel inferior?

What is it about me that warrants death?

Is it my athletic figure? Does this make you want to kill me?

Is it the pain of my eyes? Is the burden too heavy to bear?

It is the brokenness of my soul? Does it bring you shame?

It is my strength? Does it make you want to conquer me?

Is it my disposition? Does it make you feel threatened?

Is it my displeasure with the way I've been treated? Should I stay in my place like a 'good boy'?

What is it about me that makes you say, "he looks like a bad guy?"

Is it the way I walk?

Please help me to understand.

What is it about me that makes me deserving of murder?

What it is about me that makes me inferior?

What is it about me that says I do not deserve to be treated like white men are?

What is it about my theology that makes it inferior to European and German theology?

What is it about me that says I am more undeserving of the life I've been given than a white person?

What is it about me that makes you hate my protest?

How else should I respond that would encourage you to listen?

What is it about me that says my kids do not need their father?

What is it about my children that they are not deserving of a dad?

What is it about my wife that says she does not need her husband?

What is it about my parents that says they do not need their son?

What is it about my sister that says she does not need her brother?

Why do you want to kill me?

Is it because I want to vote?

Is it because I want to go to 'your' bathroom?

Is it because I want to live in 'your' neighborhood?

Is it because I want to drink from 'your' fountain?

Is it because I want to go to 'your' school?

Is it because I want you to attend my church?

Why do you want to kill me?

Well, what about God?

What has He said about me that makes you want to kill me?

Is it because He loves me?

Is it because He made me in His image just like He did with you?

Is it because Jesus was born as a Jew?

Is it because he spent time with Samaritans?

Is it because he reconciled all people by His blood?

Is it because Gentiles and Jews alike can be saved?

Is it because Jesus gives the Holy Spirit to me, too?

Is it because He uses me to build His Kingdom, too?

Is it because I can preach and teach, too?

Is it because God has called me to ministry, too?

Please tell me...

Why do you want to kill me?

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