Absolutely fantastic interview! I almost jumped out of my skin when Glenn read that second quote from the piece. Wow. Just wow. I admit to having a knee-jerk negative response to DEI when it first rose to prominence in the media. It seemed like pandering to me. It scratched at the back of my psyche, for reasons I could not articulate. Only recently, particularly in the aftermath of the Mark Cuban quotes up on Twitter, did the inherently insulting nature of the DEI ethos begin to resonate. I have said it once, so I might as well say it again. The last thing Black folks need is another rich white boy coming to "save" us. Thankfully, there are people like Pastor Brooks (and Glenn and John) who can express these feelings in better ways, and, more importantly, act on them as well. Kudos!
Great interview. Love the hope this powerful man conveys in his message. Rural communities need to listen to this model as it can be successful anywhere.
This is what my mom used to say that you change the world one person at a time. However we have several nonprofits of this sort in the St. Louis region and they have not changed the lack of public goods going to schools or other infrastructure on the North Side. (In a campaign event Wesley Bell said that he would not support vouchers until the St. Louis public schools are fully funded). Pastor Brooks is right that AA/DEI is not meant for people with no skills but for people who have the maximum available skills that can be conveyed in their environment. (Also expresses frustration with otherwise valuable book which shall remain nameless as far as it is NOT white supremacy culture to ask me to look up your source in Wikipedia (which had it) instead of your bibliography which has other author and title name errors)
Absolutely fantastic interview! I almost jumped out of my skin when Glenn read that second quote from the piece. Wow. Just wow. I admit to having a knee-jerk negative response to DEI when it first rose to prominence in the media. It seemed like pandering to me. It scratched at the back of my psyche, for reasons I could not articulate. Only recently, particularly in the aftermath of the Mark Cuban quotes up on Twitter, did the inherently insulting nature of the DEI ethos begin to resonate. I have said it once, so I might as well say it again. The last thing Black folks need is another rich white boy coming to "save" us. Thankfully, there are people like Pastor Brooks (and Glenn and John) who can express these feelings in better ways, and, more importantly, act on them as well. Kudos!
Great interview. Love the hope this powerful man conveys in his message. Rural communities need to listen to this model as it can be successful anywhere.
This is what my mom used to say that you change the world one person at a time. However we have several nonprofits of this sort in the St. Louis region and they have not changed the lack of public goods going to schools or other infrastructure on the North Side. (In a campaign event Wesley Bell said that he would not support vouchers until the St. Louis public schools are fully funded). Pastor Brooks is right that AA/DEI is not meant for people with no skills but for people who have the maximum available skills that can be conveyed in their environment. (Also expresses frustration with otherwise valuable book which shall remain nameless as far as it is NOT white supremacy culture to ask me to look up your source in Wikipedia (which had it) instead of your bibliography which has other author and title name errors)
Also in the main text "area" when "era" was clearly meant is vaguely defensible in the context.