It’s Time for Whites to Accept Responsibility for Racist Systems

Time Magazine ^ | October 15, 2014 | Rev. Jim Wallis, Obama's Spiritual Mentor

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ferguson must be a moral wake-up call to white parents, not just another warning to black parents.

I and many other faith leaders came to Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday and Monday because of Michael Brown—an 18-year-old black teenager who, though unarmed, was shot and killed by a white police officer on August 9. My first thoughts when I heard the news were about my 16-year-old son Luke. I knew how unlikely it would be that this would ever happen to my white son in America.

Coming to Ferguson was about Michael Brown. But Ferguson has also become a parable for our nation. Jesus often told parables. A parable is just a story, but often one with a simple but important point.

The Ferguson parable is simply this: black lives in America are worth less than white lives—especially in our criminal justice system....

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Still Thinking]

It’s Time for Whites to Accept Responsibility for Racist Systems

Well, OK....if you're sure that's what you want. I've been trying to tear down that crap my whole life but if you say I need to be in charge of it, well then I guess I do. I mean, who would know better about racism and what it takes to run it than liberals?

[Dilbert San Diego]

Oh please. Not more liberal claptrap telling us that we are racist, that he was shot because a racist cop uses black men for target practice and all that. I don’t want to be lectured by liberals about Michael Brown.

Give it a rest. He is hardly a poster boy for an innocent young black man minding his own business, and gunned down for no reason.

But liberals never let facts get in the way of their knee jerk snap judgments about a situation in which someone who is black is involved in an altercation with someone who is not black.

[Nailbiter]

It is time to retire the Race card!!!!!

[eyedigress]

OK, so I am to find a black cop and proceed to beat the crap out of him and see if I get shot?

Nah, I’ll pass on the moonbat phase of this logic.

[Dilbert San Diego]

This writer says that black parents have “the talk” with their children about how to behave themselves around police officers.

Yet by all accounts Michael Brown did not behave around police based on “the talk”. Did Michael not have this talk with his parents? Did Michael ignore this advice from his parents and decided to be belligerent and antagonistic to a cop???

[Berlin_Freeper]

Is Hillary doing her crazy clown clap clap point point thing there?

[Blue Jays]

CALLING PEOPLE RACIST DOES NOT WORK AND HERE IS WHY:

If one tells a truly racist person he/she is racist...that person simply does not care and will continue to make your life tough.

If one tells a non-racist person he/she is racist...that person now thinks you are a complete a$$hole who does not know how to correctly identify a person.

See how that (doesn't) work quite as planned, Liberals?

[jsanders2001]

If black people want to give whites a reason to stop being racist all they need to do is behave themselves...: )

[rawcatslyentist]

>"Michael Brown—an 18-year-old black teenager who, though unarmed, was shot and killed by a white police officer"

After assaulting the officer once, and then attempting to assault him again!

Big Mike brought it on himself and it had NOTHING TO DO WITH MELANIN!

[Captainpaintball]

Is it wrong for me to wish Jim Wallis takes the Ebola Diarrhea Bucket Challenge sometime soon?

[eyedigress]

Just thank LBJ and his GREAT SOCIETY.

[NoLibZone]

It’s time for no whites to man up and grow a set.

Try snd keep , cause we are tired of going slow so you can keep up.

[Blue Jays]

That writer is so full of it that his breath stinks.
No black kids I knew as a kid e-v-e-r had that so-called "The Talk" about police with their parents which he entirely fabricated.
Furthermore, no black coworkers have e-v-e-r mentioned having that kind of discussion with THEIR kids, either.
He is not being truthful with his writing.

[dr_lew]

yes it is

[Olog-hai]

[Dallas59]

Sorry...nope.

[vpintheak]

Dear Bastard posing as a Pastor. I didn’t do anything, you are a racist bastard.
Sincerely,
Me