To The St. Ignatius College Prep Class of 1980 (and to Floddy-G, to answer your text question to me); Exactly ten days ago, our class came together to host a webinar featuring Father Timothy Kesicki, the former recent past President of the Jesuit Conference of the United States and Canada…

by Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. December 23rd, fifty years ago today, was a Sunday. I was 9 years old. …

by Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. The Twelve Foundational, Spiritual Principles of AASRT: AASRT Foundational Principle #8: If Blacks cannot see how Whites have, through slavery, victimized and oppressed themselves at every level, then we will not be able to show them mercy through compassion and forgiveness at any level. …

Rev. James Reeb, murdered, “Bloody Sunday,” 1965

by Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. Dear Reverend Paulson: I recently read with, great dismay, the August 16th, 2022 article in the New York Times newspaper entitled, “Catholic Order Struggles to Raise $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor.” The article discusses the announcement by the Jesuit Order (also known as…

by Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. The Twelve Foundational, Spiritual Principles of AASRT, Inc.: Principle #6 In no way does white skin (or any other hue) confer upon its possessors the requisite character to make good on the unprecedented debt that slavery has imposed upon Black people. “White people” in and…

by Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. The Twelve Foundational, Spiritual Principles of the African American Slave Reparations: Principle #5: The ultimate purpose of Reparations is NOT for the descendants of African American slaves, the purpose is the glorification of God THROUGH Reparations for the descendants of African American slaves. When I…

by Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. The Twelve Foundational Spiritual Principles of AASRT, Inc. #4 We must look beyond and rise above everything temporary to be successful in achieving Reparations, especially political trends. AASRT, Inc. (www.theaasrt.org) is not a political Reparational organization. It has no political affiliation and is “of no…

by Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. I would like to say I am proud to be Black (and I am), but that’s not really the point. Moreover, I don’t think I should be proud of something I had no input in determining. Like all of us, I am what I…