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Originally Posted by CosmicSerpent
What intolerance? The precepts listed suggest that this church wants to better the black community. No where does it imply that black people are somehow special or more important than white people. No where does it imply that white people don't deserve equal opportunity also.
Yes but the consequences of slavery continued on for more than a century after it was over. Ever heard of segregation/Jim Crow laws? Because there are plenty of black people in this country today who lived through that.
Have you ever been forced to attend inferior schools and use inferior restrooms because of the color of your skin? Have you ever been forbidden to sit in the same section as another person because of the color of your skin, be it in public transportation, restaurants, or otherwise? Have you ever not been able to find a job because of the color of your skin
The people who authored these "racist statements" can answer yes to every one of those questions. Fortunately our country has come a long way since that time, but I can completely understand a person's inability to simply "forgive and forget" after being subjected to intolerance for so long.
And let's not kid ourselves... racism still exists. I live in the heart of the South, so maybe I'm exposed to it more so than other areas of the country, but I think we can agree it hasn't gone away entirely. Remember the controversy over the nooses that appeared in various locations last summer?
Even segregationist policies haven't disappeared altogether. For instance, the state constitution of Alabama mandates that "Separate schools shall be provided for white and colored children, and no child of either race shall be permitted to attend a school of the other race." to this day. Although Supreme Court rulings have rendered laws like this unenforceable and illegal to carry out, a proposal to repeal this provision was narrowly defeated in 2004.
So is it really that unreasonable for black people to want better things for their race? Is it intolerant and racist to push our society to overcome prejudice? I think not.
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I no all to well racism is alive and well in America, i have a black son inlaw and grandchild, and I agree the black man suffered long after actual slavery ended, but two wrongs don't make a right.
If memory serves me, the civil rights movement was about equality of the races, did that change? How can we ever be equals when we cant let go of the past and move forwards? Im not saying abandon your roots and religion, but you cant progress till you come to terms with the pain of the past, except it and move on.
All to often you see in the black community persons such as Al Sharpton, Jesse, And the reverend Wright's may have started their life's work with the best of intentions but some where along the way they turned into nothing more than race baiting poverty pimps who profit from dessension amongst the races, and keeping the black man in poverty by poisoning their self worth through entitlement programs such as welfare. They have no interest in the black man coming to terms with the past. They try and convince the black community that all is the fault of white America.
That "manifesto" called the black value system is just another example of an attempt to cause dissension.
Martin Luther King must be spinning in his grave at what his movement has become.