This racism thing taking over the West is an anti-God, anti-Bible, anti-Christian movement made up of new evangelical do gooders, Marxists, Muslims, Leftists , and Lovies. The more people stop to look at the color of the other person’s skin the more this hysteria will continue to smoulder.
Too be honest I never paid much attention to being white until the death of George Floyd and the anarchy that has followed. Well, the churches couldn’t allow something like this to go to waste so many of the large mega churches got on the racial justice bandwagon. For instance, John Ortberg’s Menlo Church has a page dedicated to racial justice where it states in part ‘Our hope is to respond to the issue of racial justice thoughtfully, biblically and in a manner that takes this conversation deep into our journey of discipleship. We want to respond as followers of Jesus and as his church, joining in the way of Jesus as agents of reconciliation, love, justice, mercy, hope and practical good deeds.’ https://menlo.church/discovering-gods-heart-for-racial-justice
It’s there on that page I discovered other ‘resources’ on this problem of racism and the much BIGGER problem of being white! One of the suggested reading ‘resources’ https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.menlo.church/RacialReconciliationResources-1.pdf?mtime=20200625171000 was Daniel Hill’s 2017 book ‘White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White’. Now, of course I have not walked in Daniel Hill’s shoes or he mine. Therefore, I found it interesting to read that ‘Daniel Hill will never forget the day he heard these words: “Daniel, you may be white, but don’t let that lull you into thinking you have no culture. White culture is very real. In fact, when white culture comes in contact with other cultures, it almost always wins. So it would be a really good idea for you to learn about your culture.” Confused and unsettled by this encounter, Hill began a journey of understanding his own white identity. Today he is an active participant in addressing and confronting racial and systemic injustices. And in this compelling and timely book, he shows you the seven stages to expect on your own path to cultural awakening. It’s crucial to understand both personal and social realities in the areas of race, culture, and identity. This book will give you a new perspective on being white and also empower you to be an agent of reconciliation in our increasingly diverse and divided world.’ https://www.amazon.com/White-Awake-Honest-Look-Means/dp/0830843930/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=white+awake&qid=1591663623&sr=8-1
Now, to say that all people of various ethnicity have always been treated equally would be foolish. Throughout world history men of various ethnic groups have been taken into slavery! For instance Thomas Sowell tweeted ‘More whites were brought as slaves to North Africa than blacks brought as slaves to the United States or to the 13 colonies from which it was formed. White slaves were still being bought and sold in the Ottoman Empire, decades after blacks were freed in the United States.”‘ https://twitter.com/thomassowell/status/1100818613588643840?lang=en
This hate for the white person also hit home when I read about George Yancy speaking at Wheaton College. I was astounded at the language he used so did a little search about who he was and found that he taught at Emory and ‘…is one of the leading scholars in the US on critical philosophy of race and critical whiteness studies.’ Therefore I posted a blog on Mr. Yancy https://whatyareckon.wordpress.com/2019/01/12/the-lecture-by-emory-universitys-george-yancy-which-wheaton-college-doesnt-want-the-public-to-hear/ and I suppose someone informed him of it as he made contact with me. In our discussion he said ‘Of course, I am angry. If you were Black, Sir, you would also be angry. White racism makes me angry. Jesus apparently was also angry with injustice. Are you not angry with racism, sexism, etc.? I was born into racial poverty. And I was born there because my parents are Black. Success is truncated when one is Black. I am still called a “nigger” despite my successes. Do you really think that because I am doing so well within my profession that I still not angry about racism and its impact on me. Imagine the insult to say to a woman that she has been quite successful and that because of that success she should not be angry with all of the sexism that she continues to experience. A Christian who is not angry about the world in its current form is an asleep Christian.’
I highlighted certain portions as comments will now be made but space will not permit unwrapping everything Mr. Yancy said.
Firstly, is it only white folk that are racist? Can a black person be racist? Can one from China or Japan be racist? In WW 2 did the Japanese believe they were superior to the Chinese?
Secondly, no, it isn’t right to call someone these derogatory names but not all white people, including me, have called a black person the name Mr. Yancy mentioned! However, I have also been called what I thought to be derogatory names due to my faith and nationality.
Thirdly, I as a born again Bible believing Baptist am angry when governments continue to fund killing babies in the womb. I as a born again Bible believing Baptist get angry when women are raped and killed because they will not convert to Islam.
Fourthly, I as a born again Bible believing Baptist am angry when men like Ben Carson are not listened to when they tell their story!
Fifthly, I as a born again Bible believing Baptist am angry when those rioting today over skin color seek to make my Lord and Saviour some other ethnic group rather than what He was, a Jew!
Yes, calling people names and whatever else because of their skin color is WRONG! However, making university courses about ‘whiteness’ is insanity. Tearing down historical statues is stupid for we learn from our past. People should be judged by their character not their color of skin.
This present day anarchy going under the guise of racism is grounded on an anti-God, anti-Bible foundation. Their hatred on the surface may seem to be the white person BUT their real hatred is like Cain of old, it is GOD the Creator. They cannot kill GOD but they can the other person made in the image of the Creator!
Acts 17:26 says God ‘…hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth…
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