George Zimmerman's Ethnicity?

[Titus2woman]

Originally Posted by Esaias

So, if you marry someone of your own race, and live in an area where most of the people are the same race as yourself, including your church, and your children attend a school where most of the students are the same race... then you are a racist?

What a bunch of bunkum.

Has anybody ever thought that pushing all this 'anti racism' might be tending to create a backlash among some people?

My wife is the same race as myself. If anyone doesn't like that too bad for them.

My neighborhood happens to be mostly white. If anyone doesn't like that too bad for them.

My children are homeschooled and any 'school' argument is dead in the water there.

We home church but when we did 'attend services' we went where truth was being preached as far as we could tell at the time. Oh, yeah, it happens that most of those churches were mostly white as well. Guess what? Too bad for anyone who don't like that.

I remember attending Abundant Life Church, with Walter Hallam as pastor (they're on tv, look 'em up). Side note: Hallam was raised apostolic, decided there was more money in being a charismatic is my guess...

Anyway, one night he was preaching about church growth (what else, right?) and said 'we need more black people in this church!' People came to their feet and applauded and amen'd and all that.

He said 'we need more Hispanic people in this church!' Another rousing round of amens and 'preach it' and all that.

He said 'we need more Oriental people in this church!' He was on a roll, people were shouting and stomping and it was like 'ole time revival' in the place!

He said 'we need more white people in this church!'

You could hear a pin drop, I kid you not. TOTAL SILENCE.

He said 'Come on, stay with me now, we need more white people in this church too, amen!'

There were a few quiet 'amens' and he quickly went on to something else.

I learned a lot that day about 'racism'.

So those markers don't apply to you... I am sure there are others that do... look at those. My comments are not directed to any one person... they are simply an attempt to help people get honest with themselves about where they stand with racism and their tolerance of it. I was raised by a mother who was truly color blind... We lived 2000 miles apart for decades... She talked about her friends in great detail always but it was only when I actually met them that I would find out what race they were... and I was often surprised. I loved that about her and hope to emulate it and share it with my children and their children.