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Then Sen. Kamala Harris at the National Forum on Wages and Working People on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Since Vice President Kamala Harris took the oath as the country s first female vice president last month, some members of the Southern Baptist Convention havereferred to heras a Jezebel.
Two days after Inauguration Day, Tom Buck, senior pastor at the First Baptist Church in Lindale, Texas, tweeted, I can t imagine any truly God-fearing Israelite who would ve wanted their daughters to view Jezebel as an inspirational role model because she was a woman in power.
Despite criticism, Buck says he stands by his words.
Kamala Harris Called Jezebel By 2 Texas Pastors; Experts Weigh In On Horrendous Racist Trope Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president on Wednesday Photo: AFP / Brendan SMIALOWSKI
KEY POINTS
Two Southern Baptist pastors referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as a Jezebel last month
Both pastors have yet to apologize for using the term, which experts said has racist and sexist connotations
Pastor Tom Buck insisted that he wasn’t being racist despite being informed that the term was considered a racial slur
Two white pastors in Texas came under fire for referring to Vice President Kamala Harris as a Jezebel but have yet to apologize for the label that experts say had a racist and sexist undertone.
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Freedom Riders with Q &A
MSU Libraries and WKAR Present Five Nights Toward Freedom: MLK Commemorative Film Series
Freedom Riders
is the powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 Americans risked their lives and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws in order to test and challenge a segregated interstate travel system, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way, sorely testing their belief in nonviolent activism.