Racism & Roots
Racism is not a problem that arises out of the justice
system. It does not arise out of law enforcement or the courts. It does not
arise out of political parties. It does not arise out of religious
organizations. Racism arises out of the hearts and minds of humans. Human
beings bring their own racist presuppositions into the civil institutions in
which they work... and into the church, synagogue, and mosque.
Those who presuppose themselves better or more deserving
than persons whose skin color is different than their own are lost in a swamp
of corruption known as sin. All have sinned. All are corrupted. All may not be
racist, but all have been corrupted and are corrupt. Sadly most of us cherish
some corruption or other. The evidence has been building that case for 6000
years.
We live for the moment with no thought that we might actually
be corrupt. But we are more or less corrupt than those we look down our noses
at. We are individually and tribally narcissistic. Sin, personal corruption and
tribal narcissism and sin are the root, trunk and branches of racism. What can
we do to eliminate racism when we are so self-absorbed? The collective is
corrupt.
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