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It’s Time for Whites to Accept Responsibility for Racist Systems
Time Magazine ^ | October 15, 2014 | Rev. Jim Wallis, Obama's Spiritual Mentor

Posted on 10/15/2014 11:24:45 PM PDT by 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....

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TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: blacks; ferguson; michaelbrown; trayvons; whites
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To: rawcatslyentist

Yeah Michael’s folks forgot to give him the talk?


41 posted on 10/16/2014 2:48:16 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: jsanders2001

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

That’s right; in the meantime my children have been warned that some are bred to hate them to the point of murder, and they should be vigilant.

NJ is one of the most segregated states in the country; there is little assimilation by the permanent underclass. Most are quarantined where they can’t interfere with productive people.


42 posted on 10/16/2014 3:01:53 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"It’s Time for Whites to Accept Responsibility for Racist Systems "

I already have , and no longer get TIME magazine .
Thats one racist system down , anymore suggestions ?

43 posted on 10/16/2014 3:06:02 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Vanders9
The race baiters and liberals (I know there is lots of overlap in those two sets) feel free to redefine "racist," and there is a near certain chance that a person who is not racist, will be labeled racist anyway, for whatever shortcoming.

Just saying, the liberals are, in their own mind, correct. There are people who are racist (by the liberals definition) but don't know it. No big deal, all the decent person doesn't know is the liberal's definition.

44 posted on 10/16/2014 3:09:06 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wallis is a communist, an SDS member, and a wolf in sheeps clothing. The “Rev” is just the heretic’s cover.


45 posted on 10/16/2014 3:09:36 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s time for blacks and Latinos to stop seeing everything as racist.


46 posted on 10/16/2014 3:17:39 AM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.- John Adams)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
I already have , and no longer get TIME magazine . Thats one racist system down , anymore suggestions ?

I haven't spent a single penny on a single crap page of American media in decades. Not one penny. No newspapers, no magazines. And I don't click on left-wing sites if I can help it and I've never paid to subscribe to any digital left-wing kitty litter. So I don't know how I can boycott them more than I already do. But I'm open to suggestions.

47 posted on 10/16/2014 3:18:34 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
How long will white parents accept the fact that the lives of children of black parents’ are worth less

Not a minute longer than black parents who behave as though the lives of their children are worth less. In fact black parents statistically accept this proposition in real life far more readily than do white parents.

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

The Trayvon Martin parable is simply this: our criminal justice system can be turned inside out on the whims of a black minority demonstrating that irrational black sensitivity is worth more than reason.


48 posted on 10/16/2014 3:44:27 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Spiritual Advisor?

What....Ms. Cleo, busy?
49 posted on 10/16/2014 3:58:21 AM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dear Rev. Wallis,

You are no spiritual leader.

Stop making excuses for criminal behavior.

I recognize no responsibility whatsoever for Ferguson.

Tell it to your equally moral leaders Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

Now go away.

Quite sincerely,

‘Pod.


50 posted on 10/16/2014 3:59:07 AM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Remember how Gore used to try to clap in rhythm? What a clown he was.
51 posted on 10/16/2014 4:04:13 AM PDT by petercooper (Liberalism = Amnesty = Open Borders = Illegal Immigration = Ebola = Obama)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OK, so when is Mr. Wallis moving to the black apartment complex in Ferguson? What’s that? He has no intention of moving from his white, upper middle class home to a black apartment complex? But I thought he was a man of character.....


52 posted on 10/16/2014 4:09:08 AM PDT by majormaturity
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good manners are for all of the time and people who have good manners are not mistreated by the police. Why isn’t anyone asking why Michael Brown didn’t stop walking down the middle of the street and relocate to the sidewalk when so requested by the policeman with a gun? Didn’t his parents have the talk? Did they leave out the part about “If a policeman asks you to stop jaywalking, stop jaywalking”. Or how about: “If you’ve just stolen something from a store, don’t do anything to draw attention to yourself.” That would have been handy advice for Michael.


53 posted on 10/16/2014 4:10:42 AM PDT by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: gspurlock
people who have good manners are not mistreated by the police

I will politely say that this may not be true 100% of the time.

54 posted on 10/16/2014 4:12:43 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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To: sauropod

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55 posted on 10/16/2014 4:14:17 AM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: Mark17

He is a well known liberal apologist and excuser of anti-social behavior.

Another huckster with the appellation “Rev.” in front of his name.


56 posted on 10/16/2014 4:16:15 AM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

People like him cause empty churches


57 posted on 10/16/2014 4:16:46 AM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Lake of Fire awaits all those in that picture.


58 posted on 10/16/2014 4:21:14 AM PDT by Old Yeller (D.A.M.N. - Deport All Muslims Now! Starting in the White House.)
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To: Mark17

First heard of this Wallis creep in the mid-1980’s when the Soviet Union was flying high. He & Jimmah Carter were constantly nipping at Reagan’s heels & demanding we capitulate to communism in Latin America & elsewhere.

With the fall of the Evil Empire & the loss of their great socialist motherland, Wallis & his cohorts were forced to “think globally but act locally” and started the refrain that “true communism hasn’t been tried yet”.

He’s the same pompous jerk now that he was then. GFYJW!


59 posted on 10/16/2014 4:24:13 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: F15Eagle

They keep harping that this kid was “unarmed” but, at 200 pounds those arms sure could do some damage.


60 posted on 10/16/2014 4:47:03 AM PDT by k4gypsyrose
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