A Christian Liberal is NOT an oxymoron.

Posted by XT on February 12th, 2010 in General

One of the best discussions of modern racism comes up with this salient point:

Racism, as all isms go never completely goes away for it is a condition of moral decay, spiritual deficiency and part of imperfect human nature. What has changed is in recognizing the isms as well as societal policing of certain behaviors that manifest themselves from those thoughts. Whether there are negative ramifications for violating terms and standards of such behavior is what matters.

So I have to wonder what Texas Democrats will do with the likes of Farouk Shami:

“A majority of the people are going to be Hispanic and African-American. You don’t find white people who are willing to work in factories. And our history proves, you know, lots of time when they, you know, the white people come to work in a factory they either want to be supervisors or they want to be, you know, paid more than the average person. And unfortunately they exit.”

This is the same Farouk Shami who showed up for a MLK celebration with a prayer shawl proudly proclaiming “Palestine: Jerusalem is Ours.”

Back to the first link:

We are all violators on some level at some point. We can all do things that erase other people. There is a difference though from making mistakes due to our imperfections, not having honest conversations, willfully being ignorant, removing yourself from anyone with clearly defined or visible differences or insisting any of the above is all in someone’s head. When these violations occur we must be willing to examine them but they shouldn’t be cause for us to lose focus. We don’t need a Utopia to be successful in life but we do need focus and discipline. I find a lot of the sloppy behavior, lowered values and little expectations to be at critical mass for people across the board in Western countries where greed and avarice have taken over. If find the excuses some make about being free (to be mediocre) for more damaging than historical inequalities. I’m of the opinion we need to be adding something of value to society but lending a hand should not take precedence over self-care. Elevation doesn’t require opting out of participating in a larger collective or actively placing barriers for others.

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