Detroit
area
Clergy,
community
leaders
condemn
hatred,
bigotry
displayed
in
Charlottesville
By Trey
Battle
Tell Us
USA News
Network
DETROIT
(Tell Us
USA) -
In the
wake of
protests
in
Charlottesville,
VA. and
an
increased
tone of
racial
bigotry,
prejudice
and
hatred
across
the
nation,
clergy
from
across
Metro
Detroit
united
to
pledge
their
commitment
against
white
nationalism
and
supremacy.
Under
overcast
sky's,
Reverend
Nicholas
Hood
III,
Senior
Pastor
of
Plymouth
United
Church
of
Christ
in
Detroit,
Michigan,
led a
Press
Conference,
attended
by
clergy
of
different
faiths
and
ethnicities.
Just
beyond
the
steps of
the
church,
approximately
45
religious
representatives
stood
and
expressed
their
displeasure
with the
protests,
fighting
and
resulting
death of
a woman
and
hundreds
of
injured
people.
“Plymouth
United
Church
of
Christ
has a
proud
history
of
community
activism
and
today’s
press
conference
is a
continued
effort
to heal
the
nation”,
says
Reverend
Hood.
With
racism,
hatred
and
bigotry
being
passively
expressed
by white
nationalist
and
their
supporters,
leadership
by the
ecumenical
community
is
critical.
Citizens
of this
nation,
who have
historically
been
marginalized,
know all
too well
what
this
climate
of
negativity
can lead
to.
“We can
no
longer
stand by
and
watch
the
deterioration
of the
progress
that has
been
made in
this
country,
in terms
of race
relations
and
civil
rights”
says
Council
Member
Mary
Sheffield.
This
event
was
meant to
send a
message
of
solidarity
and to
call on
the
nation’s
political
administration
to
deescalate
and work
to
decrease,
the
racial
discourse
in
America.
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