With the news that the grand jury investigating whether charges should be levelled against Officer Wilson has been extended until January (not a good sign) and polls showing the wide chasm between how African Americans and whites view both the death of Michael Brown and the subsequent events in Ferguson has got me thinking.
Can Unitarian Universalism speak to #Ferguson? Or is Unitarian Universalism, as MLK said in his critique of liberal religion:
[I came to feel that liberalism had been] all too sentimental concerning human nature and that it leaned toward a false idealism. I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened by sin...
From the time of the Controversy, Unitarian Universalism has been tepid in its response to things racial. It's not as if these issues haven't presented themselves before. Let's not forget that the reason that there is a "Journey Towards Wholeness" is because of asking people to dress in period dress at the Thomas Jefferson Ball at GA in Charlotte in 1993.
So...does Unitarian Universalist theology have anything of substance to say on the issues that have been laid bare by Ferguson? (assuming that you believe that there is something resembling Unitarian Universalist theology)
