Bridging The Racial Divide
Let us know Your Thoughts on how we can improve Race Relations in Our Communities. Let’s discussed this within the following parameters:
1. How does The Events of The Past, and The Fear of The Unknown, hinder Our Ability(s) to build a Plausible Consensus on Race Relations ?
2.Does Older Generations past The Baton of Knowledge to The Younger Generations that is inclusive of a tenor that perpetuates sepration ?
3. Should we judge Our Brothers/Sisters ” By The Contents of Their Character, or by The Color of Their Skin”?.
May 4, 2008 at 12:13 pm |
The one way to brige the divide is to stop letting the events of past time get in the way of building future relationships. The older generations need to stop passing the hate and separation baton. Times have changed lets get to know each other before we are prejudged by our cultural background…
May 4, 2008 at 6:06 pm |
I think that another way that we can Bridge The Racial Divide was evident by what I saw in Downtown-Houston this past Sunday, April 27, 2008 @ The HRTR Rally/March. I saw a blend of Ethnic, Cultural, Social, and Religious Groups all coming together for a Common Cause, Human Rights. It made me think that perhaps when we come together on those things that we all have in common, we become One Race, The Human Race.
May 21, 2008 at 3:12 pm |
This is a really good topic but how can we bridge the racial divide when we can’t get unity between like races. Wake up and smell the roses. Racism will always exist but we as a people must learn ways to simply stop expecting a perfect world to exist.
May 22, 2008 at 1:13 am |
Candace..I couldn’t agree with you more. However, I believe in A Perfect World, in The Knowledge that perfection starts with self. In striving for Self Perfection, I find that many of The Imperfections that I find in others and in society, is really in many instances, how I look at myself in introspect. In doing so, I find that forgiveness has become very easy for me as my understanding of myself grows each day. I also believe that when we strive for Self Perfection, it allows for us to begin The Process of creating a Perfect World. Racism will only exist when we accept it as The Norm, and react to Our Own Perception of it. I believe in One Race. Accordingly, I don’t see racism in conventional terms. I see Social Bigotry, Cultural Pride, or, The Lack of it. I see Egocentricity, Insensitivity, and Vanity, but I don’t see racism. Before we can accept and understand others, we must first accept and understand ourselves.
CS