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Racism Isn’t About Race

Don’t fool yourself; racism isn’t about race. If we were all to wake up in the morning with the same skin color discrimination wouldn’t end. How long do you suppose it would take until we found a new way to discriminate against each other? Would it be eye color, hair color, height, weight, or some …

Racism Is Learned

Just last night, a friend of mine told me of an incident that occurred many years earlier with his young daughter. They lived in Minnesota at the time and consequently, were fans of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. One day, this man handed his daughter a baseball card and told her it was a Kirby …

Racism & Christianity

A preacher friend of mine and his wife decided to adopt a child.  They had already raised children of their own, but decided they wanted to share the blessings God had given them and “rescue” an orphaned child by raising him in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Noble motives, indeed.  So they went …

Unprejudiced Racism

I’m not prejudiced, really.  That’s just the way I was brought up.  I don’t mean anything by it. I’m not prejudiced, really.   I just don’t want them moving next door. I’m not prejudiced, really.  I just think they could thrive better if they had their own church. I’m not prejudiced, really.  I don’t mean …