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Racism begins with our families, parents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents, people we admire, respect and love.
However, as we grow and mature we come to the realization that what we were told by our family when we were children were slanted lies base on their prejudices. We realize that most people are like ourselves and not so different and want the same things, like a home, steady work, a Medicare plan and schools for our children (if you travel you will see this). We realize that most people are of good hearts and goodwill.
This reminds me of a parable from the good book where a Levite and Priest come upon a man who fell among thieves and they both individually passed by and didn’t stop to help him.
Finally a man of another race came by, he got down from his beast, decided not to be compassionate by proxy and got down with the injured man, administered first aid, and helped the man in need.
Jesus ended up saying, this was the good man, this was the great man, because he had the capacity to project the “I” into the “thou,” and to be concerned about his fellow man.
You see, the Levite and the Priest were afraid, they asked themselves, “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?”
But then the Good Samaritan came by. And he reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”
That’s the question before us. The question is not, “If I stop to help our fellow man (immigrant) in need, what will happen to me?” The question is, “If I do not stop to help our fellow man, what will happen to him or her?” That’s the question.
This current climate of blaming others for our woes is not new. We have had this before and we have conquered it.
Remember “Evil flourishes when good men (and women) do nothing”. Raise your voices with those of us who believe we are equal and we can win this battle again.
October 28th, 2009 | 1:27am
by Paul
The BBC’s purpose inviting Nick Griffin to join question time was to whip up controversy and gain maximum viewing figures. The audience was hand picked ,told to ask provocative questions and to boo when the hapless tongue-tied Nick Griffin attempted to answer any questions put to him. The programme abandoned it’s normal practice of asking various panel members their views on current issues e.g. The postal strike, immigration policy, the unbelievable lobbying by the unelected Gordon Brown to have Tony Blair elected president of the UN , MP’s expenses etc. etc . in favour of a witch hunt against a nonentity like Nick Griffin .
Question Time? It was a crudely stage managed pantomime and it backfired.
Complaints of bias against Nick Griffin were two to one to those opposing his inclusion in the first place. Nick Griffin won the sympathy vote and gained 6000 more supporters. Jack Straw when asked if Labour’s immigration policy could have contributed to the revival of public interest in the BNP evaded the issue, despite being asked by David Dimbleby to answer the question, he diverted attention back to the already hostile audience to continue the witch hunt to against Nick Griffin.
Had the BNP put forward a charismatic, literate, articulate con artist like Tony Blair one wonders what the outcome would have been had he used Labours immigration policy as his main theme?
October 28th, 2009 | 4:48pm
by Charles Evans