The following commercial has captured the subtleties of racism.This mindset is however dwindling. ( at the end of the message, there is a dinner invitation for you)
In the 80’s – I have heard a guy say, ” I am not prejudiced against anyone, as long as he is not a N” I almost got into a fight with him after the initial dicussions, that is one of the few rare instances that I had gotten into a fight.
Now the new racism ( another name for prejudice) emerges in the form of racism, homophobia, xenophobia, misogyny, antisemistism, Islamophobia and ableism (Joyce Tesar ). In reality these people are afraid of everything,
Religious racism is on rise – the ISIS guys, who claim themselves to be Muslims in Iraq are hateful towards Christians, Yazidis, and others. In reality, a Muslim cannot be hateful, cannot kill any one and cannot force anyone, however 1/10th of 1% of Muslims do not follow that, and thank God 99.90% do follow.
In the national Cathedral in washington yesterday, a woman started screaming at Muslims to get out of the church, it is only for praying for Christ. In reality, Christians cannot be hateful, cannot kill any one and cannot force anyone, however 1/10th of 1% of Christians do not follow that, and thank God 99.90% do follow.
For some it is business – They spend their time in maligning each other.
Education and coming together often alleviates the problem.
This makes me more committed to the education of Pluralism and bringing Americans Together.
Here is the video
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152497339457807&fref=nf
If you are in Dallas, join me for Dinner with people of different faiths, races and ethnicities on Saturday, November 22, 2014 – Details are at www.thanksgivingCelebrations.org
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Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, food and foreign policy. He is commentator on Fox News and syndicated Talk Radio shows and a writer at major news papers including Dallas Morning News and Huffington Post. All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are at www.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other blogs. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day.