The talk is of "racism!" As it should be; as it should have been for the past 150 years. We need to open up and be truthful about our hopes, our fears, our tendencies, our proclivities, our sexism, our racism. Who we are is revealed by what we do!
Do you (or I) act like a racist; do we think in racial terms; do we stereotype people or cultures? Can we admit to ourselves how we think? -- or are we so self-indulgent that we would always "blame others" for our opinions, no matter how misguided or offbeat they might be?
Can you love -- a person of another race? Can you tolerate "someone you don't like" as a human being, without reducing them to some kind of stereotype?
We all need to examine our own thinking -- and reduce our prejudices by excising them from our clear thinking and real experiences. Be a real human being; grow as a human being; learn to love, not just for Jesus' sake, but for your own and the good of all.
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