As Christians, we are called to be like Christ. He was color blind.
I have been judged because of the color of my skin.
I have been made fun of because of the color of my skin.
I have been threatened because of the color of my skin.
I have been singled out because of the color of my skin.
I have been praised because of the color of my skin.
I don't want anything just because the "color of my skin".
Good or bad, my skin has nothing to do with it. I want things for who I am.
When Martin Luther King Jr. said that he wanted his children to grow up in a land where they are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of the character, I believe he meant it. If he was a man that truly wanted equality I am convinced that he would be ashamed of our world today.
"Racism: Racial prejudice or discrimination" -Merriam-Webster
"Discrimination: the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people" -Merriam-Webster
Discrimination still exists. I am sure that until the holy trumpets sound and Jesus rides on a cloud to take us home discrimination will still exist.
America has only been a nation since 1776 and since then blacks were enslaved. This is a fact. Slavery officially became illegal in America on Dec. 6, 1865. This is a fact. In February of 1942 Asians were sent to Japanese-American Internment camps. This is a fact. Irish Americans were still facing intense discrimination and ridicule well into the 1920s. This is a fact.
The list goes on and on. As long as there is someone out there that desires to be better than someone else discrimination will still exist. I do not think that "Black Pride" will fix the problem. Pride in Jesus will.
My father is black and my mother is white.
I am bi-racial.
I have suffered because of this.
I can honestly say that what I am witnessing happen around me makes me sick. Why do we feel the need to separate ourselves based on color? Did we not all learn the same song in church? "Jesus loves the little Children. All the Children of the world..."
The song literally says that Jesus loves us no matter what our color is. Why, If we are supposed to be like Him, do we care about color? Why do we raise your children to be accepting of all yet deny giving that love ourselves?
All races at one time or another have been discriminated against.
I feel that living in the Pacific Northwest and growing up in a very Caucasian-American area. I was told by adults around me that if I get good grades I am sure to get into any school I want to because of my skin color. While they meant this to be encouraging I found it to be exactly the opposite. I hated the idea that I could get something just because my dad had darker skin than someone else's dad. I hate the idea that we are telling kids that they deserve something because of a skin pigmentation.
The fact that my father is black has absolutely nothing to do with my mental capacity. What does matter is the environment that I have been raised in. A poor Black child might have a hard time in school not because their black but because they are poor. Just like any other poor child. Affirmative Action isn't helping the right people. Yes there are kids out there that need help to pay for and get into school, but this has nothing to do with their skin color.
This last month, a center was dedicated in my area to the study of minorities. The center was named after a man in the 1960's who was a professor that was discriminated against. While I understand the desire to make a public apology and show how far we have come I think that this was the incorrect response. If we have really progressed to becoming an area where racism and discrimination no longer exist why create something honoring that fact, seems a bit boastful to me. If we haven't gotten to the point where we can look past skin color of ourselves and others maybe a center isn't enough to fix the problem.
I have a radical Idea. How about, instead of building centers, pushing admission percentages, and making clubs based on the color of our skin, we do those things based on the content of our character. Or better yet, as Christians let's live like Christ and be color-blind.
