Racism exists
as evidence of evil
in the world today
Every one of us evidences prejudice. There is no denying that. The word simply means that we have prejudged a situation. What's evil is when we prejudge a situation based on the skin color of the person involved.
I'm tired of the excuses: "I've never been around a black," "I don't really know how to talk to an Asian," "I'm just not comfortable." Well guess what, there are people in the world that are uncomfortable around you!
Even more insidious is when we make excuses for other people: "That's just their generation," "There weren't any minorities in their town when they were growing up," "Their friends wouldn't understand." What's to understand?
By not confronting racism are we part of the problem? This issue has become all too real in my life. Wrestling with my response.
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OK, like I told you, I've been thinking about this post for two days now.
A couple of things:
What do you do with a 101 year old woman who is afraid of other races?
Excuses? Sure, but really. What can you teach her?
I've learned in my short life that racism goes all directions.
Personally, I think that excusing OURSELVES is a lot more shameful than excusing others. In the end we're all responsible for our own actions, right?
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