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Whites should reason on racism |
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I wish to ask, so what do 'Love' and 'Peace' mean to you? Does Love mean we don't talk about difficult subjects? Does Love mean I don't look at all the goodies my white skin buys me at the expense of most of the brethren and sisters on this earth? Does Love mean I don't care about Justice? Does Love mean telling my black brethrens 'Hey I personally didn't do anything to you so why can't you just get over it?' You see how disrespectful this is; denying another person's LIVED daily reality. Among the congregation of Africans is JUST where we can and must reason dynamically on race. People must KNOW the history before the new can be revealed. No Peace comes unaccompanied by Truth, and to know the truth ones must be willing to look at history and how it plays out in the HERE and NOW. I know you are not suggesting that racism is a thing of the past. These websites are a rich source for many strands of crucial history. You can't just silence a necessary conversation by holding up your hand and saying, 'Peace and Love'. If Peace and Love is what we want, we trod the Path, extremely difficult and yet in Truth effortless (now There's a paradox for you!) that allows for the manifestation of Peace and Love. First in ourselves, and then shared in relation with our brethren. How big is God? That's exactly how big Love is. Most of what we humans call 'love' is about the mistaken idea that we are lacking and incomplete, and that we NEED something to deal with the pain of that. Love is not a marketplace, where we get what we think we need from somebody we can trade something we have for it. Love is the flowing dynamic principal of life. I hope you will wish to join in the conversation. There is much wisdom and blessing to be had. It's when we can struggle with these issues with mutual respect and love for Truth that we can manifest the difficult radiance of LOVE on the real, and not simply with words.   Copyright © 2003 rootsie.com |
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