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Say their names

August 20, 2020 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

You may never have heard of him. Let me introduce you to Jonathan Daniels. August 14, 1965 Daniels was arrested in Lowndes County, Alabama with those who had gathered in preparation for an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Jonathan Daniels, racism, Say their names

Eradicating a Virus

August 7, 2019 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

Most the people I hear from prefer the dog, trees, or poetry of nature columns. I prefer to write those but here we are again: whiteness, maleness, and guns. To see racist paranoia ooze through the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: racism, white nationalism, Whiteness

A Plea Across the Battle Line

July 24, 2019 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

Photograph by Laurie Schaull at Creative Commons I am white, male, and affluent by world standards. Still, I know at least a small stab of the knife that Ilhan Omar must feel, and a goodly share of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: American Dream, racism, Trump

The God of Class

October 18, 2018 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Last week in a NYT opinion column deliciously titled, “After Ruining Mayonnaise, Can Millennials Save America?” the author, Timothy Egan, wondered if the soon-to-be largest generation would save us … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: classism, Millennials, racism

Changing Hearts & Minds And Gathering By Class

November 10, 2016 By Cam Miller 10 Comments

As the smog begins to thin we can see what’s up. Here are some facts about the presidential election we must account for instead of spitting at it as racist, sexist, or classist (only). It is of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: classism, Election, racism, sexism

Getting Rich Off the Rhetorical Pornography of Donald Trump

September 21, 2016 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Who says there is nothing new under the sun? I often find myself speechless these days and for those who know me, that is a strange phenomenon. During the Reagan administration there was no loss of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: racism, Speaking Out, Trump

Normalizing the conversation on race instead of normalizing racism

September 6, 2016 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

“50 Years of Electoral College Maps: How the U.S. Turned Red and Blue” The New York Times, The Upshot, August 22, 2016 “…Race was the major reason the South flipped (from majority Democrat to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: normalizing a conversation on race, racism, Trump, white people

The Struggle Never Ends

June 9, 2016 By Cam Miller 1 Comment

It is of little personal satisfaction to be vindicated for the subversivepreacher post of May 5th (https://subversivepreacher.org/to-republicans-i-know-now-is-the-time/) naming the racism, misogyny, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Alinsky, Fascism, racism, Trump

A Matter of Character

May 24, 2016 By Cam Miller 14 Comments

I am racist. I am misogynist. I am homophobic. I am classist. I am not condemned for these facts of my character. From my perch in the top ten percent of income, even though I arrived by an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: classism, homophobia, racism, sexism

A Friday Rant (in place of Prep for Preachers & Hearers)

June 19, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

“It doesn’t happen in other places with the same kind of frequency, and it is in our power to do something about it.” President Obama about the shootings at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT, Prep for Sermons Tagged With: gun control, racism, SC, shootings in Charleston, Violence

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