Racism is Ignorance at its Highest

I recently saw a documentary about a group of young white men who were brain washed into believing that whites were superior to blacks or Jews. They promoted their views through public demonstrations, the media and one of the countries most racist organizations, the KKK. Now if these young men were graduates of Harvard or Yale and in the top 5% of the countries smartest people I might respect their opinion a little more . However, they idolized Hitler, lived in a shack in the woods, slept on the floor and admitted that their sleeping quarters were cold, damp and smelled. And they thought they were more advanced? (Here's your sign!)

Let's use a little intelligence when looking at racism, especially when it comes to skin color. Does the color of someone's skin have anything to do with the real reasons people are against a particular race? Has that skin broken the law, has it dealt drugs or suppressed people? Of course not, you can find black people who have sold their own into slavery, white people who do drugs and abuse the welfare system. You can find Asians who steal, Mexicans who abuse their wives and children, Italians who commit murder and Irishmen who rape women. You can find Jews hooked on crack cocaine, Christians hooked on ecstasy, Mormons hooked on heroin, and Jehovah's Witnesses who are alcoholics. You can find Southerners who won't work, Northerners who sell their Food-Stamps for drugs, Easterners who are dead beat dads and Westerners who are prostitutes, and do you know what else? You can take every problem we have on earth and you will find that every race, nationality, religion or gender has someone involved in causing those problems. So before you support racism and start blaming one particular group of people for the world's problems, you had better look in the mirror and ask yourself, what about the group you are in?

I do not agree with racism but I do discriminate. I discriminate against anyone who abuses the welfare system. I am against dead beat dads and anyone who deals drugs, rapes or abuses women and children. I am against anyone who steals, lies, cheats or takes advantage of another human being. I'm against evil in any form that is performed by any individual or any group of individuals, regardless of the color of their skin, where they grew up, their religion, their financial status, their hair color or even their sexual preference; and I will do my best to keep those who commit such deeds away from myself, my family and anyone else I feel they will hurt or influence. Oh yeah! I discriminate against one more thing; people who support racism.

Instead of being ignorant and joining the racists, why not put your time, money and efforts into real problems. Why don't you picket dead beat dads or march against those who abuse the welfare system? Why don't you form an alliance against lazy people who will not work or against those who just want to suck the tax payers dry of their hard earned income? Why are you not out educating young girls to keep their legs closed and young boys to keep their pants on so we don't have so many babies having babies? Why don't you volunteer at the boys club, the church youth groups or the homeless shelters to help turn people around and why don't you sit down with men who bail on their families and help them stick it out? In other words, why don't you do something that actually makes a difference in society?

People who honestly think that all our problems will go away if we were suddenly all one race have a problem themselves, its called being narrow minded. Focusing on racism will not help the problems we have, however focusing on the problems will. People need to stop beating a dead horse and bury it already because it really stinks and besides that, there are so many other things we need to be doing with our time and resources to make this world a better place.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Stop Whining!

Some people need a life. I mean really, it seems that all some folks want to do is whine. Well, I am going to whine about the whiners. You know who they are, the ones who are so insecure that they have to start some controversy over something that is really petty.

I recently read where a McDonalds in Raleigh had the phrase “Jesus is the reason for the season” on their sign and a woman was offended by it and demanded that the restaurant take it down. I also just found out another person complained to an airport and made them remove their Christmas tree. To people like this, all I can say is, YOU NEED A LIFE! With all the real problems going on in the world this is the only thing you can think of to fight against? Society is struggling with teen pregnancy, drugs, drunk drivers, abusive spouses, aides, gangs, wars, child abuse, date rape, welfare abuse, cancer and natural disasters and the greatest task you can think of to devote your time and resources on is attacking someone’s faith? What a waste. We are living in a country that is called the melting pot, a country that is made up of all different kinds of nationalities and religions and a country where people should have the freedom to express their nationality or religion as long as that expression doesn’t harm anyone. What harm is that sign doing, or that Christmas tree, or someone saying Merry Christmas? What will you move onto next, having crosses removed from churches because you have to see it as you drive by? Are you going to force the radio stations to stop playing Christmas Carols or selling items with the word Christmas on it?

If you don’t want to devote yourself to one of the greater problems in our world, why not at least come against something that will help this country stay great and because you obviously have a hard time coming up with worth wild causes here are a few suggestions.

1 Create a move to rid the world of people who play that thumpin’ loud music with the vulgar lyrics at the gas stations and stop lights?
2 Rid the world of business answering machines that make us press a dozen numbers before we can speak to a real live person
3 Boycott boys who wear pants that are ten times too big for them without a belt.

Ok now I am starting to whine. The bottom line folks is that there are real problems we can focus on that can make a difference. Find one, devote yourself to it, and stop attacking a faith that has been so instrumental in the development of our great country.

Beaner?

Last night I was channel surfing a bit, (I usually watch a couple of shows at a time) I came across a Mexican comedian who called himself a "Beaner". That alone made me chuckle but the next thing he said almost made me fall on the floor. He said he was going to drive a NASCAR and have his sponsor be "Spic and Span"! He went on to say that black drivers should have "Churches Chicken" be their sponsors and white people should have "Salteen Crackers" be theirs. In a time when people are complaining about the different races up rises a man who make us laugh at them. Praise God! Why shouldn't we focus on things that put a smile on our face instead of the things that make us frown? No we shouldn't talk derogatory or put people down for any reason, especially their race but we can find laughter in truth. And laughter is good medicine according to Gods word. Just when I had to deal with the race issue in my own church, here is a guy making me laugh about the different races, including my own. Good timing God!

Besides, seeing something negative when we see someone of a different race is being ignorant. It is stopping short and putting the blame for something negative on a person because of the color of their skin or their nationality instead of where it belongs. Sin is sin, I don't care what color you are. Yes I have a problem with lazy people who take advantage of a government program and make it a lifestyle regardless of skin color. Yes I have a problem with dead beat dads, I have a problem with alcohol ruining lives and families and I have a problem with drug pushers and users. I have a problem with people breaking the law and coming into our country illegally and getting benefits. I have a problem with prostitution and girls who give themselves to any guy who asks and I have a problem with a group of people who want to do harm and destruction. There are a lot of problems in this world but you know what? Every problem we can ever find can be found all over the world being done by every race.

You want the problems to go away? Focus on the problem not the skin color or nationality and remember, "Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12

Maybe the Chinese should get the restaurant "Checkers" to sponsor their NASCAR?
Get it? Chinese-Checkers? Oh well, maybe I will stay away from the comedy scene.