Years ago during my early activism, I lived in Southfield, MI a inner suburb of Detroit, at the time I was living in Southfield it was in a transitional period where it’s Jewish residents were leaving and Black Folks were moving into Southfield.
There was two major events happening the B’nai David Synagogue,was up for sale and a CityCouncil person was resigning.
I decided to submit my request to become the new council member and I also advocated against the city purchasing the Synagogue or any religious building which tax payers had to pay for years
The Southfield City Council was primarily Jewish with a few Black City Council members , I also advocated for an election process not a appointment process for the replacement council person
I became quite controversial and a target for my activism….My interview was quite adversarial and of course I was not appointed.
In the marketplace of politics in America everything is in play including religion, race, class and one’s consciousness nothing has changed in decades in fact it has gotten worse
Resist 2 Exist (c)
Greg Thrasher
Director
Plane Ideas
Alternative Think Tank
USA