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There's a disturbing account from San Francisco that raises the question once again of systemic racism.

We'll have constructive talk today.

It's time for The Line of Fire with your host, activist, author, international speaker, and theologian, Dr. Michael Brown,

your voice of moral, cultural,ologian Dr. Michael Brown, your voice of moral, cultural,

and spiritual revolution. Michael Brown is the director of the Coalition of Conscience and President

of Fire School of Ministry. Get into the line of fire now by calling 86634 Truth. That's

86634 Truth. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown. Thanks for joining us today on the line of fire. Michael Brown. Delight it to be with you. We're going to have a constructive talk today. We're going to talk through more difficult issues. Why? Because I'm looking for controversy. No. Because I'm trying to get people upset. No. But so we can pursue truth together. We can pursue harmony together. We can pursue unity together. We can pursue justice together. If we don't model it and lead it as followers of Jesus, how can we expect the world to do it?

Michael Brown, welcome to the line of fire.

Here's the number to call.

866-348-7-884.

That's 866-348-7-884.

I want to lay out my own position on race issues in America today for those just tuning in or those who haven't heard me comment on this.

Then I want to talk about a recent report from San Francisco, take you into a book that deals a little bit about the history of some laws in America and then get your feedback.

Get your own take based on your own life,

your own education, your own experience. Fair enough. So let me lay things out plainly. And let me

make the full statement before you respond to it. I believe that race is being used today in a very divisive way to deepen division, to destroy the fabric of our society,

that in many ways in our schools and in the media, and politically, it's being used as a wedge issue to divide us rather than a way

to call us to work together for the betterment of all people. I wholeheartedly differ with

any education that makes one group of kids feel guilty or inferior or identifies one group as the victim group and the other

group as the perpetrator group. I completely oppose that. At the same time, I absolutely stand for

a fair and honest telling of our history, the beautiful with the ugly, the good, with the bad,

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