Showing posts with label racist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racist. Show all posts

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Nice Neighborhoods


A realtor chosen for us
elite, professional class
code language
unknown to me
showing us only
nice neighborhoods

A different world
than I had known
code language
showing us only
nice neighborhoods

Only on reflection
a disquiet in my spirit
that nice neighborhoods
meant no blacks, no Hispanics,
whites need only apply

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November 17, 2018
Nice Neighborhoods

code language for white neighborhoods
in New Orleans
February 1996
when I interviewed at Tulane
&
edited November 17, 2018
February Heat – v2

8/7/04 18:11
February Heat
New Orleans
February 1996
when I interviewed at Tulane
&
November 16, 2018
Mood Indigo
May 1993
Mood Indigo
by Willie Humphrey
(93 years old in 1993)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Preservation Hall
&
edited November 16, 2018
Nice Tie – v2
8/7/04 18:05
Nice Tie
partially non-verbal conversation with Richard Payne
of Preservation Hall Jazz Band
at Preservation Hall Jazz Band club
726 St. Peters Street
New Orleans, LA
He was the bass player for the band and
he was the bass player in
“Toots Sweet’s Band” in the movie
Angel Heart (1987).
I gave him my tie, right off my neck
(a tie I had bought from a pushcart at
Downtown Crossing in Boston).
&
edited April 27, 2015
Congo Square – v3
(editing version 2)
edited November 4, 2018
Amazing Grace – v3
(editing original again)
edited April 16, 2015
Amazing Grace – v2
July 12, 2004 18:56 –
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace solo of Aaron Neville
at the 1993 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
during a real wedding.
The members of Los Lobos were near me, watching as I was.
I saw the wedding couple riding in a carriage
in the French Quarter that night.
&
edited April 13, 2015
Congo Square – v2
July 12, 2004 19:15.
Congo Square
Congo Square, special area at the
1993 Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans
&
Edited December 6, 2013
Night in New Orleans – v4
(editing original version)
Edited December 5, 2013
Night in New Orleans – v3
Edited September 20, 2012
“Night in New Orleans – v2”
Sunday, July 15, 2001 at 6:22:58 PM EST
edited December 6, 2001
“Night in New Orleans
mostly about trip to New Orleans for Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1993
and again for job interview at Tulane University 1996

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,100 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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Africa, Congo, Congo Square, creator, God, jazz, July, music, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss,

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#creator #God #jazz #July #music #NewOrleans #NewOrleansJazzandHeritageFestival #poetry #PreservationHallJazzBand #WillieHumphrey #MoodIndigo
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

I am not fully Christ-like – v2

I am not fully Christ-like
when I am the most certain
not seeing the shades of gray
only in black and white

I am not fully Christ-like
when I hate my neighbor
when I gossip about them
snickering behind their back

I am not fully Christ-like
when I judge the sinner
all of us are fallen
well short of God’s Law

I am not fully Christ-like
when I find another unworthy;
they could just as easily ask,
“who died and made you God?”.


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edited May 15, 2014
I am not fully Christ-like – v2
edited May 12, 2014
I am not fully Christ-like
edited May 12, 2014
I am not truly Christian
May 12, 2014
you can’t truly be Christian
May 12, 2014
More fully Christ-like
started May 9, 2014
&
Matthew 11:19
“’Facial’ Profiling”
devotion by Jase Robertson
for May 10, 2014
read May 10, 2014
Duck Commander Daily Devotional
compiled by Alan Robertson

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 29,720+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Sunday, July 08, 2012

Making Christ a Racist

Angry for their witness
their lies, their hate
claiming Christ would divide
that He would choose a Chosen Race

Making Christ racist
dividing the sheep
when he was sent to gather
the diaspora, the others
into one flock

Angry for their witness
the bile they spew
mad that they claim the name Christ
with this point of view

For they are not Christian
not following his word
denying a place for our brothers
our sisters on earth

Dividing that which he joined
daring to burn his cross
condemning them as others
outside of Christ’s flock



edited July 8, 2012
new poem – “Making Christ a Racist”
edited July 6, 2012
new poem – “Not preaching the Word of God”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/not-preaching-word-of-god.html
edited July 6, 2012
“Christ is not Racist – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/christ-is-not-racist-v2.html
&
updated stories about planned cross burning
Ala. Pastor's 'White Christians' Conference Condemned as Unbiblical
http://global.christianpost.com/news/ala-pastors-white-christians-conference-condemned-as-unbiblical-77726/
&
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/whites-only-christian-conference-alabama-william-collier_n_1651268.html
&
http://www.examiner.com/article/alabama-churches-hold-white-christians-conference-kkk-style-cross-burning
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Christ is not Racist”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/christ-is-not-racist.html
responding to their action and the earlier poems
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Fear is Their Message”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/fear-is-their-message.html
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Hate isn’t Christian – 2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/hate-isnt-christian-2.html

changing the name to “Nothing Christian”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/nothing-christian.html
edited July 4, 2012
When Hate Claims Christ’s Name – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name-v2.html
When Hate Claims Christ’s Name
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name.html
Written July 4, 2012
&
"All White Christian" convention being held in Lamar County this week
http://www.abc3340.com/story/18945750/whites-only-convention-being-held-in-marion-county-this-week
&
How the Christian Identity Movement Began
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/1998/winter/identity-crisis/mistaken-identity
&
July 4, 2012
We Pray for Our Nation – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v3.html
July 2, 2012
We Pray for Our Nation – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v2.html
extract of Prayers of the People
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/prayers-of-people-suncook-united.html
second of a worship series on:
“Cruising the Sacred Waters of Our Faith”
Theme - Where do we put Jesus in our lives?
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)
Call to Worship(Abington Worship 2012)(Psalm 130, Mark 5)
Unison Prayer
Prayer of Dedication (Mark 5:21-43) (2 Corinthians 8, Mark 5)
(adapted from GBOD 2012 and Abington Worship 2012)
Communion, UMH page 9
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/sermon-what-jesus-means-to-me-suncook.html
by Raymond A. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 1, 2012
Fifth Sunday of Kingdomtide


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 21,980+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Friday, July 06, 2012

Not preaching the Word of God

They are delusional, filled with hatred
tearing the heart out of scripture
claiming to take a Word of God
preaching it to the people
Yet they are not Christian
their message a bile to his lips
the stuff of the cup he drank
in the Garden of Gethsemane

Christ is not racist
no matter who claims him;
they are of Satan
children of the dark
Christ is love, alive
God’s love come down
come to walk among us
to live as a man, in human body

Christ gave his life, a sacrifice
that we might live, in union
taking on our shame, our stain
drinking of our sin, the cup
Christ is not racist; He is love
his love for all mankind
the Samaritans, the others
all peoples, all tribes

Offering all his grace
his love of the cross
seeking to redeem us
paying that awful cost
Drinking the cup of such bile
the anger, the hatred
suffering for the others
to bring us all to God

No, they are not Christian
not Christian in the least
seeking to hurt, to harm
to intimidate our neighbors
They are not Christian
no matter the name they claim,
those burning that cross are
children only of Satan



edited July 6, 2012
new poem – “Not preaching the Word of God”
edited July 6, 2012
“Christ is not Racist – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/christ-is-not-racist-v2.html
&
updated stories about planned cross burning
Ala. Pastor's 'White Christians' Conference Condemned as Unbiblical
http://global.christianpost.com/news/ala-pastors-white-christians-conference-condemned-as-unbiblical-77726/
&
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/whites-only-christian-conference-alabama-william-collier_n_1651268.html
&
http://www.examiner.com/article/alabama-churches-hold-white-christians-conference-kkk-style-cross-burning
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Christ is not Racist”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/christ-is-not-racist.html
responding to their action and the earlier poems
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Fear is Their Message”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/fear-is-their-message.html
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Hate isn’t Christian – 2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/hate-isnt-christian-2.html

changing the name to “Nothing Christian”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/nothing-christian.html
edited July 4, 2012
When Hate Claims Christ’s Name – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name-v2.html
When Hate Claims Christ’s Name
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name.html
Written July 4, 2012
&
"All White Christian" convention being held in Lamar County this week
http://www.abc3340.com/story/18945750/whites-only-convention-being-held-in-marion-county-this-week
&
How the Christian Identity Movement Began
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/1998/winter/identity-crisis/mistaken-identity
&
July 4, 2012
We Pray for Our Nation – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v3.html
July 2, 2012
We Pray for Our Nation – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v2.html
extract of Prayers of the People
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/prayers-of-people-suncook-united.html
second of a worship series on:
“Cruising the Sacred Waters of Our Faith”
Theme - Where do we put Jesus in our lives?
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)
Call to Worship(Abington Worship 2012)(Psalm 130, Mark 5)
Unison Prayer
Prayer of Dedication (Mark 5:21-43) (2 Corinthians 8, Mark 5)
(adapted from GBOD 2012 and Abington Worship 2012)
Communion, UMH page 9
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/sermon-what-jesus-means-to-me-suncook.html
by Raymond A. Foss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
July 1, 2012
Fifth Sunday of Kingdomtide

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,500+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Christ is not Racist – v2

Perhaps stating the obvious
but the title not persuasive
because those who claim him
seeking to scare others

Christ is love, alive
God’s love come down
come to walk among us
to live as a man, in human body

Christ gave his life, a sacrifice
that we might live, in union
taking on our shame, our stain
drinking of our sin, the cup

Christ is not racist
his love for all mankind
Samaritans, the others
all the peoples, the tribes

Offering all his grace
his love of the cross
seeking to redeem us
paying that awful cost

Stand with Jesus, now
against hate, injustice
speak out against them
those burning that cross

For they are not Christian
not Christian in the least
seeking to hurt, to harm
to intimidate our neighbors

Christ is not racist
no matter who claim him
they are of Satan
children of the dark



edited July 6, 2012
updated story about planned cross burning
http://global.christianpost.com/news/ala-pastors-white-christians-conference-condemned-as-unbiblical-77726/
&
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/whites-only-christian-conference-alabama-william-collier_n_1651268.html
&
http://www.examiner.com/article/alabama-churches-hold-white-christians-conference-kkk-style-cross-burning
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Christ is not Racist”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/christ-is-not-racist.html
responding to their action and the earlier poems
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Fear is Their Message”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/fear-is-their-message.html
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to “Hate isn’t Christian – 2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/hate-isnt-christian-2.html

changing the name to “Nothing Christian”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/nothing-christian.html
edited July 4, 2012
When Hate Claims Christ’s Name – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name-v2.html
When Hate Claims Christ’s Name
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name.html
Written July 4, 2012
&
"All White Christian" convention being held in Lamar County this week
http://www.abc3340.com/story/18945750/whites-only-convention-being-held-in-marion-county-this-week
&
How the Christian Identity Movement Began
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/1998/winter/identity-crisis/mistaken-identity
&
July 4, 2012
We Pray for Our Nation – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v3.html
July 2, 2012
We Pray for Our Nation – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v2.html
extract of Prayers of the People
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/prayers-of-people-suncook-united.html
second of a worship series on:
“Cruising the Sacred Waters of Our Faith”
Theme - Where do we put Jesus in our lives?
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)
Call to Worship(Abington Worship 2012)(Psalm 130, Mark 5)
Unison Prayer
Prayer of Dedication (Mark 5:21-43) (2 Corinthians 8, Mark 5)
(adapted from GBOD 2012 and Abington Worship 2012)
Communion, UMH page 9
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/sermon-what-jesus-means-to-me-suncook.html
by Raymond A. Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

July 1, 2012
Fifth Sunday of Kingdomtide


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 21,970+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Christ is not Racist

Christ was love
God’s love come down
come to walk among us
to live as a man

Christ gave his life
that we might live
taking on our shame
drinking of our sin

Christ is not racist
his love for all mankind
Samaritans, the others
all the peoples, the tribes

Offering all his grace
his love of the cross
seeking to redeem us
paying the awful cost

Stand with Jesus, now
against hate, injustice
speak out against them
those burning that cross

For they are not Christian
not Christian in the least
seeking to hurt, to harm
to intimidate our neighbors



edited July 4, 2012
responding to their action and the earlier poems
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to Fear is Their Message
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/fear-is-their-message.html
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to Hate isn’t Christian - 2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/hate-isnt-christian-2.html

changing the name to “Nothing Christian”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/nothing-christian.html
edited July 4, 2012
When Hate Claims Christ’s Name – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name-v2.html
When Hate Claims Christ’s Name
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name.html
Written July 4, 2012
&
"All White Christian" convention being held in Lamar County this week
http://www.abc3340.com/story/18945750/whites-only-convention-being-held-in-marion-county-this-week
&
How the Christian Identity Movement Began
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/1998/winter/identity-crisis/mistaken-identity
&
July 4, 2012
We Pray for Our Nation – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v3.html
July 2, 2012
We Pray for Our Nation – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v2.html
extract of Prayers of the People
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/prayers-of-people-suncook-united.html
second of a worship series on:
“Cruising the Sacred Waters of Our Faith”
Theme - Where do we put Jesus in our lives?
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)
Call to Worship(Abington Worship 2012)(Psalm 130, Mark 5)
Unison Prayer
Prayer of Dedication (Mark 5:21-43) (2 Corinthians 8, Mark 5)
(adapted from GBOD 2012 and Abington Worship 2012)
Communion, UMH page 9
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/sermon-what-jesus-means-to-me-suncook.html
by Raymond A. Foss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://facebook.com/groups/136632035559/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
July 1, 2012
Fifth Sunday of Kingdomtide

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,020+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.