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A descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee chronicles his story of growing up with the South's most honored name, and the moments that forced him to confront the privilege, racism, and subversion of human dignity that came with it.
With a foreword by Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King.
The Reverend Robert W. Lee was a little-known pastor at a small church in North Carolina until the Charlottesville protests, when he went public with his denunciation of white supremacy in a captivating speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. Support poured in from around the country, but so did threats of violence from people who opposed the Reverend's message.
In this riveting memoir, he narrates what it was like growing up as a Lee in the South, an experience that was colored by the world of the white Christian majority. He describes the widespread nostalgia for the Lost Cause and his gradual awakening to the unspoken assumptions of white supremacy which had, almost without him knowing it, distorted his values and even his Christian faith. In particular, Lee examines how many white Christians continue to be complicit in a culture of racism and injustice, and how after leaving his pulpit, he was welcomed into a growing movement of activists all across the South who are charting a new course for the region.
A Sin by Any Other Name is a love letter to the South, from the South, by a Lee—and an unforgettable call for change and renewal.
Ebook A Sin by Any Other Name Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South eBook Robert W Lee Bernice A King
"On April 2nd 1865, Confederate forces suffered a crushing defeat as the Union army took Richmond, Virginia—the Confederate capital. General Robert E. Lee sent an urgent telegram to President Jefferson Davis: “I think it is absolutely necessary that we should abandon our position tonight.â€
On April 2nd, 2019—one hundred and fifty-four years to the day later—Robert W. Lee is stepping forward with the same message: “I think it is absolutely necessary that we should abandon our position.â€
The Confederacy fell in its most outward form on that day in 1865. General Lee would surrender on April 9 at Appomattox Courthouse. Factions survived through the end of the year and President Johnson declared the war to be over on August 20, 1866. But the tensions and the worldview that created the war remained.
The racism and the inequality and the hatred would continue on through the end of the 1800s, through Reconstruction and Jim Crow. It would press back against the Civil Rights movement. It would survive through the generations and be a part of the South’s legacy. A legacy that Robert W. Lee—namesake and descendent of the famed general—carried throughout his life.
A Sin by Any Other Name is Rob Lee’s story. It intertwines his own personal memoir with a larger story of the heritage of the South—both of which come to a head with the Charlottesville riots in 2017. Lee’s story is compelling and personal. His story is full of dichotomy. While his parents are progressive, he has a Black nanny who feels that it’s improper to eat at the same table as him. While he grows up with the ideas of equality, he still keeps a Confederate flag and a photo of “Uncle Bob†at his bedside.
Lee is confronted with the uncomfortable fact that his last name makes his famous for something he isn’t sure he believes in. It’s an intriguing war between belief and legacy, an attempt to reconcile one’s famous ancestry with their controversial life. It ultimately leads to the realization that the man he—and most of the people he knew—idolized was also “an idol of white supremacy…an idol of nationalism and of bigotry and of hate and of racism.â€
Rob’s story might have ended there. He goes to college, then seminary, then settles into a small church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. From there, it could have been obscurity. Lee had long been a columnist and written a book (Stained Glass Millennials), but was really just another face in the crowd. Perhaps he had finally escaped the siren song of his famous last name.
August 11, 2017. A white supremacist rally turned deadly. Their stated goal had been to unite the American white nationalist movement and oppose the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from Lee Park. And suddenly everyone was interested in what his namesake had to say about it.
Charlottesville and Robert E. Lee gave Rob Lee a platform. What man determined for evil, God used for good. He brings beauty from ashes. Lee begin to use that platform and his famous name to speak up and to speak out. This book is a result of that.
A Sin by Any Other Name is well-written and thoughtful. The refrain that kept reverberating in my head was “This is only the beginning.†As the book ends, you’re left wondering what’s next—which, I’m sure Rob is asking himself the same. It doesn’t seem finished. It’s not complete.
I don’t fault Lee for grabbing his moment and taking his platform. Now is the time to use your voice and act, to stand up for the oppressed and the marginalized. I think this would have been a better book ten or twenty years from now. You haven’t done much yet, Rob. (Says the pastor/blogger who has never been invited to the VMAs or preached at MLK’s church.)
But I don’t mean that as a criticism. It’s an encouragement. This is just the beginning, my friend. You have so many more chapters left to live and write. Redeem the name of Rob Lee. There are other things I wish this book had done that it didn’t. I wish it had focused less on Rob and more on the issues of racism and inequality in the South. I wish it had been more substantive. But it wasn’t meant to be any of those things. And maybe one day those books will come. Because this is a story that—for both better and worse—isn’t finished by a long shot."
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A Sin by Any Other Name Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South eBook Robert W Lee Bernice A King Reviews :
A Sin by Any Other Name Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South eBook Robert W Lee Bernice A King Reviews
- Reverend Robert W. Lee has delivered a vulnerable and intimate love letter to a South he hopes will lead the way to racial reconciliation.
What strikes me in reading this memoir is his honesty of what it costs a person of faith to follow the historical Jesus. The Jesus who bids us come die. There are no promises if jets, mansions and fame. Only service.
Rob has humbly walked where he has been called to go despite taunts, threats, ridicule and accusations of grandstanding. He continues to speak truth to power in love and patience.
I highly suggest that anyone who is discouraged with the hate coming from the WH read this for encouragement. Rob's vision is contagious. He points to a light in the darkness and the dark will not overcome it. - As a North Carolina native, a Christian, and a lifelong Methodist (preacher's daughter at that), I don't have words to explain how strongly I identify with Rob's experience and thoughts. It's easy to listen to and look at the racism around me and become hopeless. But Rob's words give me hope that things can change, and that I'm called to have an active role in that. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
- This book is deeply personal and perfectly timed for the national scene in 2019. Rev Lee honestly and humbly walks us through his awakening as a Southern Christian, descendant of a perpetrator of a colossal crime against humanity (slavery), and what it continues to mean for us in the 21st century. I know something about this myself as a descendant of those who established American Chattel Slavery in 1641 Massachusetts. It’s painful and urgent to acknowledge. If we are ever to heal, we must take responsibility, tell the truth about our ancestors, our contemporaries, and ourselves. I applaud and welcome this book. It’d be great for book circles, church groups, and families to read together. If silence implies complicity, we can no longer be silent. Thank you Rev Lee.
- Great read and info on the South. I read it in one sitting. The church had to step up more.
- On April 2nd 1865, Confederate forces suffered a crushing defeat as the Union army took Richmond, Virginia—the Confederate capital. General Robert E. Lee sent an urgent telegram to President Jefferson Davis “I think it is absolutely necessary that we should abandon our position tonight.â€
On April 2nd, 2019—one hundred and fifty-four years to the day later—Robert W. Lee is stepping forward with the same message “I think it is absolutely necessary that we should abandon our position.â€
The Confederacy fell in its most outward form on that day in 1865. General Lee would surrender on April 9 at Appomattox Courthouse. Factions survived through the end of the year and President Johnson declared the war to be over on August 20, 1866. But the tensions and the worldview that created the war remained.
The racism and the inequality and the hatred would continue on through the end of the 1800s, through Reconstruction and Jim Crow. It would press back against the Civil Rights movement. It would survive through the generations and be a part of the South’s legacy. A legacy that Robert W. Lee—namesake and descendent of the famed general—carried throughout his life.
A Sin by Any Other Name is Rob Lee’s story. It intertwines his own personal memoir with a larger story of the heritage of the South—both of which come to a head with the Charlottesville riots in 2017. Lee’s story is compelling and personal. His story is full of dichotomy. While his parents are progressive, he has a Black nanny who feels that it’s improper to eat at the same table as him. While he grows up with the ideas of equality, he still keeps a Confederate flag and a photo of “Uncle Bob†at his bedside.
Lee is confronted with the uncomfortable fact that his last name makes his famous for something he isn’t sure he believes in. It’s an intriguing war between belief and legacy, an attempt to reconcile one’s famous ancestry with their controversial life. It ultimately leads to the realization that the man he—and most of the people he knew—idolized was also “an idol of white supremacy…an idol of nationalism and of bigotry and of hate and of racism.â€
Rob’s story might have ended there. He goes to college, then seminary, then settles into a small church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. From there, it could have been obscurity. Lee had long been a columnist and written a book (Stained Glass Millennials), but was really just another face in the crowd. Perhaps he had finally escaped the siren song of his famous last name.
August 11, 2017. A white supremacist rally turned deadly. Their stated goal had been to unite the American white nationalist movement and oppose the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from Lee Park. And suddenly everyone was interested in what his namesake had to say about it.
Charlottesville and Robert E. Lee gave Rob Lee a platform. What man determined for evil, God used for good. He brings beauty from ashes. Lee begin to use that platform and his famous name to speak up and to speak out. This book is a result of that.
A Sin by Any Other Name is well-written and thoughtful. The refrain that kept reverberating in my head was “This is only the beginning.†As the book ends, you’re left wondering what’s next—which, I’m sure Rob is asking himself the same. It doesn’t seem finished. It’s not complete.
I don’t fault Lee for grabbing his moment and taking his platform. Now is the time to use your voice and act, to stand up for the oppressed and the marginalized. I think this would have been a better book ten or twenty years from now. You haven’t done much yet, Rob. (Says the pastor/blogger who has never been invited to the VMAs or preached at MLK’s church.)
But I don’t mean that as a criticism. It’s an encouragement. This is just the beginning, my friend. You have so many more chapters left to live and write. Redeem the name of Rob Lee. There are other things I wish this book had done that it didn’t. I wish it had focused less on Rob and more on the issues of racism and inequality in the South. I wish it had been more substantive. But it wasn’t meant to be any of those things. And maybe one day those books will come. Because this is a story that—for both better and worse—isn’t finished by a long shot.
