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A Conversation on Race, Justice, and Inequality | Erwin McManus, Jerome + Angela Davis

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Pastor Erwin hosts Jerome & Angela Davis and Pastor Joe Smith as they engage in a crucial conversation about race, justice, and inequality in America, in response to everything happening across our nation.



"Let us be the change that we so desperately want in this world." –Angela Davis

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Recorded during Mosaic Team Night on June 1, which was streamed on MOSAIC:ONLINE.

For more information, visit mosaic.org. © MOSAIC / Erwin McManus. #20200601

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0:00.0

On Monday, May 25th, George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a result of police brutality.

0:09.4

And we've had so many people across the country who have been asking us how to respond, what to

0:16.0

think, what should we do.

0:18.7

And I wanted to bring a couple of my friends into this conversation. And so I just want to thank them at the last minute.

0:25.2

I want to welcome Jerome and Angela Davis who live here in Los Angeles.

0:30.0

Guys, thank you so much for being with me during this time.

0:34.4

And then we also have Pastor Joe Smith who's been here in Hollywood for the last decade and

0:39.6

and and Pastor Joe and I have been talking about some of the issues for quite a while and

0:49.0

dealing with some of the emotional turmoil that people are feeling.

0:52.4

And Joe, I want to thank you so much for joining me

0:54.9

in this conversation as well.

0:56.7

Thank you for having me, sir.

0:58.7

I think that one of the things I want to do

1:00.6

is, one, I want to create a moment where people can can see through your eyes and

1:10.0

Jerome you and Joe are both black men.

1:14.4

And I talked to some others like John Thomas and, you know,

1:19.1

and the Jamar Brown King and others who really are tormented by these moments and sometimes even

1:29.0

terrified by the reality that it could be them.

1:33.0

And Jerome, there's going to be a lot of people listening right now who are white or maybe

1:38.9

Latino or Asian.

1:40.6

Would you mind just telling us what were your initial thoughts and even if it was just an

1:47.3

emotional response to what's happened this past week?

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