Today, I had a chance to look over some articles which deal with racism. This is a very troubling subject, but one that is not spoken of by minorities very much. It is easy for any person to call racism for every word that is spoken today. Look at the many headlines which deal of people who are taking offense to every word, and then defining these as racist. One question that has to be asked, is every person racist?
This thought can come with many answers. Maybe an emphatic NO! I am not racist, yet maybe you feel like people whom are trying to find a better life, using the media terms and whomever uses the term aliens to describe people. Think about the news today, and hear the stories of children coming from South America to find a better life, is that wrong? No, but to call them aliens, immigrants, or people who don't belong here shows a little air of racism.
As a first nations member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, the language of the Kiowa has words used to describe people whom we ran into centuries ago. What is the purpose of knowing that some tribes had words to describe other people of differing races? Think about the time we live in, now today, Kiowa people use the words which described people in the same racist connotation. Yet, this is a new ideology for the Kiowa's and most first nations tribes. Why?
Racism was taught by people who conquered this land. The views of Christianity have been twisted by the very people whom profess this love for a man who died for all. The key word in the sentence is ALL, not your views, my views, or how a religion, or group, or organization, but for all. So to those whom want people to use a false sense of following Christ, must not know who the Christ really is. Jesus, to all the people who are racist, is from the Jewish Nation, not European as many like to draw his picture. So what's the point of this?
The main point is many profess to follow a person who went and paid the ultimate sacrifice, which is death, being beaten, laughed at, mocked, yet still went and died for all, so if your a real Christian, what does the bible teach people? Racism? Many use scriptures to point out a view, but won't look to the whole context nor set the stage for what they write. Usually a quote to help push a human view, not Godly view.
So how can we start to heal these very issues in the society we live in? Well discussion is good, however, many whom discuss the issue may not even understand the word racism. It is a word used for many issues today, but some can really be called ignorance, or intolerance. Whatever it is, this word is tearing people apart, and the views are getting more cloudy, so look to the world as a Christian, Native American, parent, or whatever race your from, it is up to humanity to help fix this.
This thought can come with many answers. Maybe an emphatic NO! I am not racist, yet maybe you feel like people whom are trying to find a better life, using the media terms and whomever uses the term aliens to describe people. Think about the news today, and hear the stories of children coming from South America to find a better life, is that wrong? No, but to call them aliens, immigrants, or people who don't belong here shows a little air of racism.
As a first nations member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, the language of the Kiowa has words used to describe people whom we ran into centuries ago. What is the purpose of knowing that some tribes had words to describe other people of differing races? Think about the time we live in, now today, Kiowa people use the words which described people in the same racist connotation. Yet, this is a new ideology for the Kiowa's and most first nations tribes. Why?
Racism was taught by people who conquered this land. The views of Christianity have been twisted by the very people whom profess this love for a man who died for all. The key word in the sentence is ALL, not your views, my views, or how a religion, or group, or organization, but for all. So to those whom want people to use a false sense of following Christ, must not know who the Christ really is. Jesus, to all the people who are racist, is from the Jewish Nation, not European as many like to draw his picture. So what's the point of this?
The main point is many profess to follow a person who went and paid the ultimate sacrifice, which is death, being beaten, laughed at, mocked, yet still went and died for all, so if your a real Christian, what does the bible teach people? Racism? Many use scriptures to point out a view, but won't look to the whole context nor set the stage for what they write. Usually a quote to help push a human view, not Godly view.
So how can we start to heal these very issues in the society we live in? Well discussion is good, however, many whom discuss the issue may not even understand the word racism. It is a word used for many issues today, but some can really be called ignorance, or intolerance. Whatever it is, this word is tearing people apart, and the views are getting more cloudy, so look to the world as a Christian, Native American, parent, or whatever race your from, it is up to humanity to help fix this.
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