Racism, revisited

Okay, so I know already that Jesus calls me to love without regard to any of the external trappings. That's not the point of my previous post. I know that such love is impossible without the grace of God available through faith in Jesus Christ. I know those things. That's not the point. In fact, given my international experiences etc., I would like to think that I do better at this than most people (although granted international travel alone does not prove anything). But again, that is not the point!

And I readily grant that the 2 situations are not the same. An African-American--or any non-White and/or Female--per se speaks from a different sociocultural context than I. Simply because she (refer to previous post) is female makes her context different. Add the fact that she is African-American and you have added a whole dumptruck full of additional issues. I recognize that. And I tried not to fault her for saying what she said. And my question about it being racism really was not aimed at what she said.

I was trying to address the mentality in our society that stands ready on a moment's notice to stone anyone who innocently says something that as of 24 hours ago was politically correct but suddenly without public notice became politially INcorrect.

Do you remember when we whites were informed that we should no longer use the "N" word? I grew up using it and it never occurred to me that it might be offensive. Looking back, I admit that it was so. And I regret having used it. But when I used it, I did so innocently. Then we were told we should say "Black" instead of "N" or "Colored." Okay. I instantly switched to using the word "Black." That lasted a few years. And suddenly--seemingly overnight--I was treated like a racist because I used the term "Black" in reference to a person of African ancestry.

I think I'm just trying to suggest that maybe all the politically correct police should take a chill pill.

Have I sufficiently muddied the waters even more?

What do you think?

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