The Making of A Great America Uprooting the Spirit of Racism

Religion & Spirituality

synopsis

Synopsis

This book is a sequel to “The Making of A Great America Where the Founding Fathers and the Church Fell Short.” In this book I assert that the first step to uprooting the spirit of racism is acknowledging its existence and continued operation as part of Satan’s plan in the earth “to steal, kill and to destroy.” The spirit of racism can no longer be denied or winked at in ignorance by the body of Christ. I believe acquiescence to the spirit of racism is America’s defining sin from the time of the Founding Fathers to the present day. I have dedicated this book to exposing the manifestation, the operation of the spirit of racism in America with the aim of uprooting it. My prayer is that Christians in America who have been blinded to its operation will stand against it in prayer, in word and in deed. Although this book is available in paperback, I have included links to very powerful video clips. If the reader doesn’t view the clips in conjunction with the text, the intended impact will be greatly diminished. It was one thing to mentally assent to the death or an unarmed man or child, or the death of a person in a routine traffic stop. This book provides links to footage of these types of things and as such is not recommended for young teens without parental supervision.

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Author Biography

Ivan is a seasoned author with over 35 published titles. His books are available on Amazon.com, and many are available as audiobooks on Audible.com. Ivan’s Christian books give Scriptural advice on such topics as being a Christian in the workplace, being a better father, discovering your purpose, finding the “Next” step in your purpose, God’s healing power, growing in confidence, recovering from brokenness and increasing your skills and abilities in any area. Several of these books and audiobooks are also available in Spanish.
Ivan’s three exceptional books about diversity in the Air Force books have garnered rave reviews and are available on Amazon (one also on Audible). Ivan has over 25 years of experience consulting, conducting senior leadership off-sites, and strategic planning sessions. He served as Deputy Director of the Defense Business Practice Implementation Board. As the Deputy, he helped facilitate Task Groups for the Secretary of Defense comprised of senior DoD civilians and retired and active Fortune 500 CEOs.
Ivan is also a singer/songwriter, actor, business consultant, and inventor. He is a retired Air Force officer with five adult children and resides in New York City. He graduated with military distinction and as the Outstanding Cadet in Organizational Behavior from the United States Air Force Academy in 1986 and earned his Master’s in Management from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1995.

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Police Officer Fired for STOPPING Chokehold

Harvard-Law-Today-April-20-2021 “In 2006, former Buffalo Police Officer Cariol Horne intervened to stop a fellow officer who was using a chokehold against a handcuffed Black man, Neal Mack. An internal investigation found that Horne violated police policy and offered her a four-day suspension. Horne, a 19-year-veteran of the force, refused and insisted on a public hearing, and in 2008, months before her pension vested, she was fired… Harvard Law School Professors, Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. ’94 and Intisar A. Rabb took Horne’s case…team included…W. Neil Eggleston, who served as White House Counsel to President Barack Obama…and Kamran S. Bajwa…they argued the court should reach back in time and vindicate Horne, and the judge agreed. He vacated a 2010 court judgment that affirmed Horne’s firing, annulled the factual findings by which she was fired, retroactively reinstated her to the force from 2008-2010 so that she was entitled to her full pension, and ordered the city to grant her back pay and benefits. Noting that the city last fall passed Cariol’s Law, which makes it a crime for police officers to fail to intervene when a fellow officer uses excessive force and protects them when they do intervene, Judge Dennis Ward wrote, ‘The City of Buffalo has recognized the error and has acknowledged the need to undo an injustice from the past.’”

Book Excerpt

The Making of A Great America Uprooting the Spirit of Racism

This is an excerpt from the chapter entitled "Officer Friendly"

Why did I feature the Officer Friendly story? I believe it sets up everything else that I want to talk about. Sergeant Rutling said, “I’m a person just like you.” And it’s true, the police are people too. They are not all bad or good; no one in any profession is. I believe it is the system that these good and bad people are put into that is the problem. America has a system of policing that needs a relook, an overhaul, a redesign. Bishop T.D. Jakes of the Potter’s House in Dallas, TX has an excellent quote about “excellent people” both “black and white” who do “heroic things” are all part of a “system”:

That “incident that happened to George Floyd it’s not indicative of all police officers. I have police officers at my church, black and white, who are excellent people who give their lives for little bits of money to protect us…who pull us out of car wrecks, who do amazing, heroic things but if we don’t have any way of policing the police, then too much power is put into the hands of a person that is never questioned or judged when they misappropriate that power it creates a toxic, cynical view of the whole system.”

Bishop T.D Jakes

(A Discussion on Racism | Carl Lentz & Bishop T.D. Jakes | Hillsong East Coast, 2020)