Racism. Are you sure?

In Hawaii, I'm a hapa-haole

 

Black??? Nah, more of a coffe with cream color. For purposes of classification (for whatever reason) you've got to be something. That doesn't make it racist. Is it "sportsist" to be classified as a skier?

As to African American? Well, I know some Africans who live here. I can't even claim Africa as my "culture," though I may find it interesting. It is my heritage, but so is Native American, and Scottish, as well as Germanic, and others I haven't learned about yet. I may "see myself" in all those cultures, but i'm American by birth, and by what I was formed by in my local culture. I had a lesson in this when I went to Jamaica (where my grand parents on my Father's side were born) for a family reunion. The moment I got there, I immediately realized that to people over there, I was an American. I may have wonderful family over there, but I was still an American tourist . . . Fish out of water. . .

. . .Besides, "African American takes too long to say, and it seems every generation looks for a different classification from the previous one. . . Too much work.

Brett

 

Wrong. The Bible clearly traces every human being who has lived, or lives today, or will live in the future back to Adam and Eve (Gen. chapters 1 and 2). Paul affirms this in Romans when he states that by one man sin entered into the world and all have become sinners.

 

Ah, yes. But man looketh on the outward parts and God looks on the inward man. Certainly we should be looking through the eyes of God, but then we would become exactly what the serpent said we would when he said to Eve, ye shall become gods. </font>[/QUOTE]What are you talking about? Genesis 3:4-5 says:
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil ."

This has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Nevertheless, it is a good example of what happens when you pull a phrase out of context and apply it willy-nilly to support whatever you want it to.

As for believers, the Bible is absolutely clear that no such divisions are to exist. Why hang onto what Jesus has done away with?

Ephesians 2:11-22
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Galations 3:27-29
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

 

Well willy nilly !!! Play nice friends. By this shall all men know you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
Murph

 

Differences in skin color have never been an issue to God. It is man, as the result of his sinful condition, which results in bigotry, that makes it an issue.

Which is no more an issue than the color of hair or eyes. Again, the issue is ours, not God's. God didn't create the issue, we did. We need to fix it.

 

My suggestion? Don't judge people based on skin, hair, or eye color, etc.

God made no "distinctions". They're variations in genetic mix. They're inconsequential to Him, and should be to us. A bigot is someone who says someone should be judged by them.

Denying skin color is politically correct? I watched the Today Show for 5 years before I realized Bryant Gumble was black. Does that make me politically correct or does it simply mean that I don't view skin color as significant?

THe plain truth is that race is of no importance to God. Hence, it's no importance to me. If that makes God politically correct, then I'm on a winning team.

 

anybody that ignores skin color .ignores God .God made race . and to ignore race is to go through life blind ( if your blind go to jesus he can heal you ..it's called salvation )job 30:30 job looks at skin color .. song of sol 1:5-6 skin color is noticed ...song of sol 5:11 hair color and texture are noted its all over the scripture if you open your eyes ... this blind "doing away" with color ,hair,gender,facual fetures is of the devil and is being promoted by the likes of michael jackson a moderday tower of babal..

 

by the way if national origin/race did not matter to God then why are some apostles sent to jews and some to gentiles .. lev. 24:10 the jews still new who was an egyptian and who was a jew sombody's keepen track ..zec 14:18-19 God still has people separated by nation in the 1000yr reign of christ (zec 14:18-19 is a prophecy for the future.) see JER 13:23 JEREMIAH MUST have been a biggit to talk like that .. maybe not ,he just had his eyes wide open .

 

This Black man has a few things that might send a charge through y'all.

Bond

 

Me, too. This is the GOOD JESSE, the Conservative one, the one who never gets the Big Press and who doesn't scam corporations.

 

Hyphenated Americanism. No matter what you say there are no such animals as - Americans unless they are citizens of two countries. Unless I can freely pass between two countries and vote and partake of all the benefits of both I cannot use the term. A missionary friend of mine is about to get his Canadian citizenship while retaining his American one. Hence he could call himself a American-Canadian. But, he better not because many Canadians would highly resent it.

From my culture, Kraut, there is this story. Back when Kaiser Wilhelm was getting ready to launch WW I a group of German-Americans went to see him. When his aide-de-camp asked them who they were they said they were a delegation of German-Americans. When told this the Kaiser wisely said, "Germans I know and Americans I know but there is no such thing as a German-American" and he refused to see them.

If you were born in this country, you are an American whether you parents were born here or not and if they just got off the boat or more likely across the river or if your kin came over on the Mayflower or a slave ship.

When I was in Germany no one greeted me as a long lost cousin. I was just an American with a Germanic name. Sadly, most Africans do not like Black Americans. They were losers and sold to us as slaves and in their minds they are still losers and they hold them in disdain. Hence it is silly to identify with them. One Black co-worker said he does not get into the wardrobe and such for he may be wearing the colors of his enemy.

Hypenation only breeds alienation and little "countries" within our country. We are no longer the melting pot where all types of folks come in but they come out of the pot Americans. Everyone just comes for the benefits that the Govt so easily dishes out and hence want a Mexican "state" or an "Arab" state or whatever state within the United States and this what causes problems. People come here and are here for decades and never learn one word of English yet I was fairly fluent in Thai by the time I left after a year tour. They hang together in self made ghettos and only interact with the non-whatevers when it is absolutely necessary. This makes the "natives" restless and distrusting and wanting them gone.

If you do not want to be an American then stay home and speak your language and hang with your own. If you want to be an American then get with the program and identify youself as such. You do not have to throw away your heritage, unless you are Southerner and proud of your ancestors, by interacting with the culture your cultural things will be absorbed like all the others. For instance, potato chips are being replaced by tortilla chips as America's number one snacks. Many of our "English" words or phrases are actually "imports" from other languages.

For Black History month, they sold pins a few years back and I usually bought one to show respect but one year it was a map of Africa imposed over the map of the US. I would not buy that one. It just seemed to promote the wrong message though Mfume would be proud to see an African dominated America where he would most likely destroy all records of American history prior to 1960 like the Stalinist tactics he already uses and would probably deport all the Jews.

In Dixie, we have a favorite bumper sticker, Dixie, if you heart ain't in it then get your tail out." I would suggest that for folks who don't have their heart in America that they also do the same. It is time to close all the borders and give America back to the Americans and then maybe we can fight to get it back to God.

I am proud that I have many different races in our church from many countries, but they are all proud to be Americans not hyphenated ones.

God Save the South!
God Save America!
Then
God Bless America!