{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Robert Wesley Branch","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings","author_name":"Robert Wesley Branch","author_url":"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/author\/admin\/","title":"Labels Left Behind - Robert Wesley Branch","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"43ckFG4pQx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/spirituality\/labels-left-behind\/\">Labels Left Behind<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/spirituality\/labels-left-behind\/embed\/#?secret=43ckFG4pQx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Labels Left Behind&#8221; &#8212; Robert Wesley Branch\" data-secret=\"43ckFG4pQx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/001-Labels-Left-Behind-16x9-1.jpeg","thumbnail_width":1173,"thumbnail_height":670,"description":"The older I get, the more labels I leave behind. Human beings understand our world through the stories we tell and teach about ourselves and others. We write and speak about the ideas and concepts we were taught and have come to learn and think we understand; the beliefs and traditions we have inherited and either outgrown or deepened. Within the American melting pot, there is an alphabet soup we use to communicate with (and to understand) one another. The Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer community has their call letters: LGBTQ. The formerly enslaved have been called Colored, Negro, Black and African American. American Descendants of Slavery are now, in some socio-political and academic circles, referred to as ADOS, as distinct from Black African immigrants to the United States and Black immigrants from the Caribbean. In conversation and debate, political scientists refer to themselves and speak of others as being on the Right or Left, identifying as Liberal, Moderate, Conservative, Radical, Revolutionary, Nationalist or Separatist \u2013 left wing, right wing, far left or far right. Partisans vote for either the Democratic or Republican parties, with others standing outside of that two-party system as registered Independents. Fascists. Marxists. Communists. We study and understand history through Read More ..."}