My point here is not to point a finger. Our country has many good people—white, black, brown—who live in harmony with their neighbors, who work hard, raise their children to be responsible, and deal fairly with those around them.
No—my point is simple: racial hatred is evil.
No—my point is simple: racial hatred is evil.
During his homily at Mass this Sunday, our priest once again brought up the need for us to fight racism. All well and good. But then, once again, he quickly made it clear that what he means by racism is white racism. He mentioned the Oklahoma bombing in which terrorist Tim Mcveigh killed 168 people by blowing up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He then brought up the incidents from this past year in which white police officers had shot and killed black men.
What he neglected, and what goes unreported in our national media, are the massive numbers of assaults on whites, most recently by black mobs. Here is just one local news account of such attacks: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/01/downtown-st-paul-besieged-by-racially-charged-mob-violence-video/. Notice when watching this report that the news team never identifies the race of the attackers or the fact that the victims are all white. If you believe this incident to be an anomaly, simply Google “black mob violence” or “black on white mob violence.” Memphis, Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Indianapolis: these and many other cities have witnessed numerous instances of mobs of black teenagers beating and sometimes killing whites, destroying property, and closing down malls.
My point here is not to point a finger. Our country has many good people—white, black, brown—who live in harmony with their neighbors, who work hard, raise their children to be responsible, and deal fairly with those around them.
No—my point is simple: racial hatred is evil.
Let me repeat that: racial hatred is evil.
Bigotry extends across racial lines. Blacks who savage or kill whites because of the color of their skin are as evil as the whites who once lynched their ancestors. To judge, condemn, and attack someone based solely on their race is evil. This is a moral no-brainer. And those who teach such bigotry—and these young people are learning from someone—are practicing evil as well.
So what can we do to fight against these divides? Certainly we can’t depend on our politicians. They can’t end racism. These ladies and gentlemen, from the president to the Congress, seem even more clueless than the average American when it comes to solutions. If anything, many of them—and many other “spokespersons”—exacerbate racial strife for their own benefit. Those who keep preaching to us about race are often less interested in people coming together than in a fragmented America, an America of minorities that can be turned one against the other.
There is only one way to end racism. Each of us must look at those people around us as individuals. My faith teaches me that we must also look at one another as souls, each a gift from God, each bringing gifts to the world. We judge people, souls, by their character, not by the color of their skin.
I also believe that I will be judged in a higher court someday. But it won’t be for the color of our skin.
What he neglected, and what goes unreported in our national media, are the massive numbers of assaults on whites, most recently by black mobs. Here is just one local news account of such attacks: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/01/downtown-st-paul-besieged-by-racially-charged-mob-violence-video/. Notice when watching this report that the news team never identifies the race of the attackers or the fact that the victims are all white. If you believe this incident to be an anomaly, simply Google “black mob violence” or “black on white mob violence.” Memphis, Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Indianapolis: these and many other cities have witnessed numerous instances of mobs of black teenagers beating and sometimes killing whites, destroying property, and closing down malls.
My point here is not to point a finger. Our country has many good people—white, black, brown—who live in harmony with their neighbors, who work hard, raise their children to be responsible, and deal fairly with those around them.
No—my point is simple: racial hatred is evil.
Let me repeat that: racial hatred is evil.
Bigotry extends across racial lines. Blacks who savage or kill whites because of the color of their skin are as evil as the whites who once lynched their ancestors. To judge, condemn, and attack someone based solely on their race is evil. This is a moral no-brainer. And those who teach such bigotry—and these young people are learning from someone—are practicing evil as well.
So what can we do to fight against these divides? Certainly we can’t depend on our politicians. They can’t end racism. These ladies and gentlemen, from the president to the Congress, seem even more clueless than the average American when it comes to solutions. If anything, many of them—and many other “spokespersons”—exacerbate racial strife for their own benefit. Those who keep preaching to us about race are often less interested in people coming together than in a fragmented America, an America of minorities that can be turned one against the other.
There is only one way to end racism. Each of us must look at those people around us as individuals. My faith teaches me that we must also look at one another as souls, each a gift from God, each bringing gifts to the world. We judge people, souls, by their character, not by the color of their skin.
I also believe that I will be judged in a higher court someday. But it won’t be for the color of our skin.