Eye on Faith

Friday, February 3, 2017

Frederick Douglass: Alive and well?

Frederick Douglass (Public Domain)

Next thing you know, POTUS Trump will be singing a duet with long-lost Elvis. Meanwhile, he’s been singing the praises of Frederick Douglass. In the present tense.

Citizens are beginning to wonder whether Trump realizes that Douglass has been dead since 1895. More to the point: Does Trump even know who Douglass was?

For the record, Douglass was one of the greatest abolitionists who ever lived. His accomplishments include the following:

liberated slave, self-taught intellectual, great orator, and force “against unfair U.S. immigration restrictions.”

If Douglass were alive, he would soon be celebrating his 200^th birthday. Perhaps Trump could celebrate in advance by lifting today's unfair U.S. immigration restrictions.

Resources

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-implied-frederick-douglass-was-alive-the-abolitionist%e2%80%99s-family-offered-a-%e2%80%98history-lesson%e2%80%99/ar-AAmyvAy?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=BHEA000

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Victory in Victoria: 'Humanity at its best'

Downtown Victoria (Photo by Justin65656)

After a Victoria, Texas mosque was recently

destroyed by fire (cause still unknown), love rushed in to heal the devastation.

CNN reports that “leaders of the local Jewish congregation” handed over the keys to their synagogue so that members of the Victoria Islamic Center could worship there. Three nearby churches also offered the use of their buildings.

Not only that, a GoFundMe page has thus far raised “more than $1 million for the mosque’s reconstruction. Additional donations have poured in “from people in 90 different countries.”

Members of the Muslim congregation now feel “a sense of hope.” Omar Rachid declared: It’s humanity at its best.

Resources

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/us/mosque-burns-synagogue-keys-trnd/index.html

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Heels on high demand high heels

Yikes! (Photo by Xingbo)

When Nicole Thorp arrived at her new job wearing professional-looking flat shoes, she was told by the supervisor to either return in high heels or be fired.

When Thorp questioned this ultimatum, she was immediately “sent home without pay.” Because this was just one of many injustices that Thorp had witnessed in workplaces, she decided to fight back.

Thorp proceeded to file a petition “with the British Parliament to make it illegal for companies to require female staffers to wear high heels at work.” Her efforts resulted in a reversal of this discriminatory policy. Women are now allowed to wear flats at the very company that had sent Thorp packing.

Thorp hopes that this “first step” will encourage other women to speak out. She has personally witnessed female colleagues ordered to wear make-up, and even to straighten their hair, The “archaic notion” that female workers must also be “eye candy” is hopefully on its way to becoming obsolete.

Resources

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/style/i-was-fired-for-refusing-to-wear-high-heels-at-work-%e2%80%94-now-im-fighting-back/ar-AAmqBQU?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=BHEA000