Dear Ned

Dear Ned,

You do not deserve to preach in the lord’s house. You are a sinner. You preach to an audience who laps up your very word like a cat drinking milk, yet you preach such vile things! Why is it, that such an intelligent man like yourself would choose to lie to our black brothers and sisters just to kindle friendships with our oppressors? You say that education is for the white man. You say that this country is for the white man! Yet you know well that these are dirty, pitiful lies. You know in your heart, that we, members of the black race are equal to the white race in physical and intellectual ability. With education, we have the opportunity to make better lives for our children and our children’s children. Why Ned, do you stoop down so low to bow at the white man’s feet? Why is it that you feel such a strong desire to kneel before your white friends and express a sense of inferiority? Speak up for your black brothers and sisters who have spent too long toiling under the tyranny of the white man. Speak up so that we will continue to be able to vote and so that the next generations of black children will be able to go to school and learn and not live the same lives that we do. Ned, I beg you to speak the truth. It is not too late to save yourself. Correct your wrongs and preach about the blessings that education brings. Preach about the beauty and intelligence that exists in our black brothers and sisters and stop belittling such a strong race of human beings.  

Sincerely,

Rev. Jacobs.