“All men are created equal. And are
endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.”
– The Declaration of Independence
By Mark Constance
We are all racist.
We aren’t born racist, of course. But
get that way through our interactions as a child via our parents,
family, friends, schools and community. And later through shared
experiences and personal trials.
However, at some point, usually when we
become adults, a light bulb goes off. Something happens in our lives
that just doesn’t fit in with the Christian tenants many of us live
by. The type of event where if you have any amount of empathy, you
can’t help but feel injustice.
And at that point we each have a
decision to make:
We can commit ourselves to try and work
past this poison, but it won’t be easy. Our collective fear of what
we don’t understand has always been a barrier toward the journey of
creating a stronger and more inclusive society.
Or we become part of the shrinking
group that justifies racism through their words and false narratives.
There is no more hiding. You are either
on the right side of humanity, or you are not. unless
we, the United States of America, are willing to change our hearts
and deal with the historical legacy of racism, we will never become
the nation our founders aspired to create.
Until all people are treated equal.
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