TOTAL LOAD OF CRAPT!
Back in 2005, I worked for a man who ran a non-profit for the homeless in downtown Atlanta. For Thanksgiving he hosted a THANKSGIVING dinner for 2,000 homeless - it was not a soup line- we held it at one of the finest conventions centers- linen napkins, with a live show of singing, speakers (Herman Cain), dancing, etc...We had a local black choir in the greeting area singing for them as they entered, everyone got a FREE winter coat, we chartered buses to help folks get there. They could eat ALL they wanted. WE, the people from churches and other groups volunteered to come in, and we actually served them their dinner, refilled their drinks, washed the dishes, etc...US doing this work did not give us any discount on the cost....
Amazingly, when we approached the local pastors of churches in the area, to help spread the word to people - homeless people and coordinate the best places to send the buses, etc- the pastors bucked back. They LOVED the whole thing- except one eensy weensy part- they did not want WHITE folks doing the serving. The white folks could pay for it all, organize it all, etc...but they wanted no part of white faces serving or being the faces of the event...
Thankfully there were 2 pastors that scolded the others on this. WE did not cave. WE SERVED them— it was one of the best Holidays of my life.
The so called BLACK leaders don’t want the black community and white community mixing...they lose power when they cannot demonize us white folks as those who hate, and even those who don’t hate- well, we just want to serve from a balcony...let them eat cake...
I volunteer now at a local homeless shelter in a suburb of Atlanta- I am often mistaken for a client in need by the well dressed and manicured other volunteers, because I ALWAYS go there with my hair tied back, T-shirt(sweatshirt when it is cold) and jeans, with ZERO MAKE-UP! I do it for a reason. I want them to see me serving side by side, not from above....and it is WELL RECEIVED!
I get a lot of hugs- their faces light up when they see me, they ask me to sit with them, etc....I BOND with them- on a very real and sincere level.. I LOVE IT! They pray with me, give me notes with prayer requests, just sit and share and cry and vent....
It is the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life- THEY change my life every time I am there...
It is the black people who need to stop the heirloom of hate passed down from generation to generation, and they need to rebuke their leaders who would feed such evil...
/rant off
Thank you for that post - and for reminding me this is the true path to establishing genuine bonds between groups who are being encouraged to distrust the “other”
Good rant. You sound like a great person.
Why don't whites Liberals have black Christian friends?