Racism Must End!

[snuka12000]

The Lord Jesus Christ said in the Bible, JOHN 13: 34-35, (New Living Translation of the Bible), "So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."

Racism is not of the Lord Jesus Christ. Racism has no place in Christianity.

We need to love the African-American people. We need to love Asian people. We need to love Hispanic people. We need to love Caucasian people. We need to love Middle Eastern / Arab people. We need to love Indian people. We need to love African people. We just need to love ALL people regardless of their race!

Prejudice must end! Fear must end! Ignorance must end! Discrimination must end! Racism must end!

[Gennee]

the lord jesus christ said in the bible, john 13: 34-35, (new living translation of the bible), "so now i am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as i have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."

racism is not of the lord jesus christ. Racism has no place in christianity.

We need to love the african-american people. We need to love asian people. We need to love hispanic people. We need to love caucasian people. We need to love middle eastern / arab people. We need to love indian people. We need to love african people. We just need to love all people regardless of their race!

Prejudice must end! Fear must end! Ignorance must end! Discrimination must end! Racism must end!




amen!


Gennee

[Here2Learn22]

I completely agree. Racism must end, but it is a very slow going process. Racism is a system of advantage based on race, and it can be very hard to notice these advantages if you aren't aware of them. Racism is not simply overt hateful acts towards a group of people based on skin color. It is a subtle, deadly, brainwashing, living, breathing, monster that is very very difficult to kill. I hope one day racism will fully end, but I don't think it will ever be completely destroyed (yeah yeah I'm a cynic I know). White privilege is a slippery concept that is hard for a lot of people to grasp, particularly white people, and trust me, as a white male I'm speaking from experience.

[christa08]

Racism does need to end. I am in no way defending the way things are when I say this, but it goes both ways in some situations. I don't think any race should be above another. I don't think it's right that in comedy, blacks or mexicans can make racist comments without consequence but if a white person said the same thing, they'd be persecuted. It's not just in comedy either. I'm just saying...it should be equal for everyone. Thoughts?

[cdfamalan]

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[Here2Learn22]

Racism does need to end. I am in no way defending the way things are when I say this, but it goes both ways in some situations. I don't think any race should be above another. I don't think it's right that in comedy, blacks or mexicans can make racist comments without consequence but if a white person said the same thing, they'd be persecuted. It's not just in comedy either. I'm just saying...it should be equal for everyone. Thoughts?

I understand where you are coming from, but I do not believe these instances you describe are racist. I believe they are bigotted, but not racist. If racism is a system of advantage (as I define it), then you can't be racist if you aren't benefitting from the system. Now, I know it sounds like I'm denying oppressed groups their right to anger, and in no way am I doing this. I believe you can be racially bigotted, and not racist (if you are a member of that oppressed group) because you are not benefitting from this system of advantage. Perhaps I'm not explaining myself well enough, and there is nowhere near enough room for me to articulate my points.

Look up the book Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafateria (and other discussions on race)? written by Tatum, an African-American female psychology and sociology professor. Her introduction on racism and white privilege can better explain what I'm saying.

[andrewlittle]

I understand where you are coming from, but I do not believe these instances you describe are racist. I believe they are bigotted, but not racist. If racism is a system of advantage (as I define it), then you can't be racist if you aren't benefitting from the system. ... Perhaps I'm not explaining myself well enough, and there is nowhere near enough room for me to articulate my points.

Actually H2L22, you make perfect sense - to me anyway.

The best definition of racism, or any -ism for that matter, I have heard goes something like:
“The exercise of bias or prejudice in concert with the inherent power afforded by society to institutionalize or normalize that prejudice.”

[pnggrad79]

I agree wholeheartedly!!! Racism runs rampant here in the South. It is literally inbred either subtly or overtly. I didn't grow up with overt racism, rather it was an undertone. I graduated in 1979 from an all white high school. Black people were either not allowed or it was just understood they lived "over there" and weren't zoned for our school, or rather, they redrew the lines to make it that way. I didn't know any black people until I went to college and I worked at the college in the Student Center and met a wonderful older black man and we used to strike up conversations and that was my first encounter with black people. To say the least, I was thoroughly impressed and enjoyed his company. He was a professor of African studies.

Then I began teaching and I have to admit, the black kids at the school where I taught marred my image and I initially thought they were badly behaved and not really worth knowing. THEN, I began asking myself, "WHY?"

Well, I researched and drawing on the textbook knowledge I had had of black people, I learned so much more. First of all, this group of people were the only people in this country who did not come here of their own free will, by and large. They were literally kidnapped and brought here to be slaves to white people in powerful positions. Hundreds of years later, we are finally at a place where black people, although still dealing with hatred, fear and prejudice, are coming into their own. We have a black president. I hope and pray things will turn around in this country with Obama as president.

Secondly, I think, in a large way, slavery has re-manifested itself in the culture of black people, in their communities, their churches, their lifestyle etc. I don't mean that in a negative way, but it has had an effect. I could write a dissertation on the effects, but I will save that for later. I have a lot of questions that I think the culture of slavery can answer, both in the attitudes of black people and white people. For instance...

1. Why are there more black people in prisons?
2. Why are black people angry?
3. Why are black people still congregating together instead of spreading out?
4. Why is there still a basic mistrust between black and white people?
5. Why do we as white people only want black people to play our sports, entertain us, but not have any positions of power? (That all changed with Obama)
6. Why do organizations like the KKK still exist?
7. Where does the fear come from? (Hmmm, chew on that for awhile)

All in all, I can look at it clinically and empirically, but bottom line, on a very personal level, black people are just like any other person. They can be rude, haughty, unlikeable, just like a lot of white people I know. They can also be loving, generous, kind, and very likeable. They are just people, and although, they have had a lot to overcome through the centuries, I hope that Obama as president will change a lot of the attitudes of people.

I wish there was a way to compensate them for the atrocities white people committed against them, and still do. That's a question I will contemplate for a long time. All I can do is love them because they are God's creation and no better or worse than I am. They are just people.

Rascism needs to end, but I don't know if it ever will completely. Not until a new generation comes along and changes those old attitudes. But the history books will always tell of where they came from, and why, and that right there, can either set us apart or draw us together. It shouldn't matter where we came from or why we came, but that we are here and living side by side. Let's make it work.

[BruceChris]

Who can live without fear, learning to love others, and communicate well. The overall goal should be to focus on each child's progress toward emotional maturity.

This is the sort of thing that was approached in James Fowler's book, "Stages of Faithing", and I'm sure by many others.

Now if any of you think, even for one moment that I have the faintest idea of how to get there from here, I am sorry to disappoint you. But it is definitely worth spending some time thinking upon.

Yeah, we need to learn to be the change that we seek. I seem to get the greatest amount of this sort of thing when being active in my church.


I wish there was a way to compensate them for the atrocities white people committed against them, and still do. That's a question I will contemplate for a long time. All I can do is love them because they are God's creation and no better or worse than I am. They are just people. I like the way you think.

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Peace and Love, Bruce Chris