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Originally Posted by LordChocolate
Racism is still an issue in the church. There are references to "Black Churches", "White Churches", "Hispanic Churches", "Korean Churches", etc when there should only be one reference to "God's church". I teach my children to describe a man of color the same way you would describe a white man. When we in the church describe some one
"Do you know bro Bill?"
"No I don't think so"
"He is the black man"
"OHHH yeah"
it should be something like this
"Do you know Bro Bill?"
"No I don't think so"
"He was the man wearing the orange tie sitting around the third row. His wife had the big white hat with the red rose in it"
"Ohhh Yeah"
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We have come a long way, as a Church and as a nation(s) regarding racism. I think it's wonderful!
I was born a white girl, to Welsh, Irish and Scottish heritage. My mother's a white red-head and I was just "blessed" enough to have her complexion and I tan like a lobster. (notice the "blessed" in quotation marks... I get tired of all the 'you look so pale, are you sick' comments sometimes lol)
I've never been mistreated because of my race, nor were my relatives before me that I know of... I have, however, been mistreated because of my walk with God. And I've known over the years what it was like to be threatened, hit, called dirty names and had things thrown at me as only cruel school kids can do. Nothing that can even be compared, though, to slavery and beatings and the like.
I wouldn't even dream of trying to compare the two.
Around here it's the Native communities who have faced the racism...
All that said, I'm a white gal. And if I am attending a church that is mostly black and someone wants to say... do you know Sis LPW? No? Well she sat in the second row and she's white. That's ok with me. I'm white. It's part of who I am... that's what my skin is like. I can't change it... although some go to tanning salons, I can't even do that!!! But my skin color is white, and I have a close friend who is Korean... and I would use that while describing him to someone else if it would help distiguish who he is in a crowd.
I know some will say.. "you've never been mistreated because of your race, so you have no idea what you're talking about, take your opinion elsewhere"
This may be true.. I can respect that. Because no... I've never been mistreated because of my race... nor were my ancesters.
But saying someone is black, or white, or Korean or Native American, or red headed, or bald headed, or chunky or skinny, or sickly looking, or wearing a huge hat with a red rose on it, isn't being racist.
I'm not picking apart your post LordChocolate... I hope you won't feel like I am. I know sometimes when people comment on something I've posted I feel like they're pulling it apart and I don't want you to feel that way. I'm just expressing my point of view on the describing folks by using thier color of skin or nationality. I don't think that should be considered wrong or racist.
I think this is borne out of years of opression and slavery and racism. It's borne out of years of hurt and beatings and cruelty. The defense mechanisms that are built up in people to protect themselves from this won't come down overnight when slavery is abolished. I said it on a previous thread, I don't have a racist bone in my body... but I would use someone's color or race if I needed to, to describe someone. Why sit and try to describe Sis. Suzy, when she's wearing a black outfit and fifity other woman are? When you can say she's black or white or Chinese or whathaveyou?
Honestly though... this is just my opinion... and I'm a white girl from Eastern Canada.
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