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How About Those Israelites? A Clarification Piece
Who is that group of street preachers?
The Video That Gained Virality
I remember it like it was yesteryear. In fact, I believe it was. During the month of January 2019, I saw this video.
When I watched this video, which gained much popularity and virality, my initial reaction, was that of disappointment. I thought to myself, “We are in the consciousness of American pop culture, and this is the image.” It wasn’t a super positive image to be candid. The optics didn’t look favorably awesome. As a man of Israelite descent myself, I was like, “We need to hire a public relations agent.” As Israelites in America, this definitely puts a stigma, on our squeaky clean image. Yet, if I am totally honest with myself, did we ever have a shiny, clean image in the public eye, to begin with?
In 2015, I used to work as an usher at a movie theater. I remember it like it was five years ago. It has been five years. How time flies! Anyway, a movie was ending, the end credits were gliding up the sliver screen, so I stood at…
