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My THOUGHTS on Lifting up Racial Justice Last year's SAYMA yearly meeting was very intense. The theme was "Unravel Racism." So this year the theme is "Lifting Up Racial Justice." Ugh! Why Ugh? Last year we were advised by an individual that we are well-meaning and clueless white Friends ," along with designated, hand-picked, go-to Black Friends are not willing to challenge us? We were lectured on the evils of slavery. Dah! When someone approaches me like that - my inclination is to walk away. Granted, I am the descendant of slave-owners but I don't own any slaves. I don't know any black people who are slaves except may the ones who are incarcerated along with the white prisoners. My inclination is to believe that most of them put themselves there as a consequence of their own bad choices. It is my view that all people regardless of color, religion, sexual orientation or identity, ad infinitum deserve to feel safe, treated with dignity and fairness. Sadly, life is not always fair. I can do activism to assure that folks are treated fairly in the legal sense but I can't change the mindset of bigoted racist, xenophobic, misogynist anti-humanist individuals. I don't even bother to argue with them. I just walk away with the realization that they will eventually die out with the rest of the dinosaurs. Friday night, we have a speaker who be talking about issues with racial injustices. This is a woman of color that I absolutely respect. I will be leading a Worship Sharing Query on the issue. The other workshops will be on Quaker Activism and Earth Care. I will be officially joining the Quaker Earth Care Committee. I have been doing it unofficially for the past year.  Abracadabra  |
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As long as there are those bigoted activists who want to whip everyone with their hate filled words, and people will stand and listen to it, there will continue to be injustice, in their minds. The rest of us just go on living and walking in love to others and shaking our heads at them. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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