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\"mosaic\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For the past few weeks as I have watched news, read Facebook posts, read articles, my heart just hurts. \u00a0I haven’t purposefully been silent on these issues of race and my response to it, I just had so many thoughts going through my head that I wasn’t sure what to say, how to say it or how it would be received. \u00a0I guess the bottom line is it shouldn’t matter. \u00a0I need to speak up because the things I am hearing, it just makes my heart hurt. \u00a0Being silent is sometimes worse I think than saying something that might offend someone. \u00a0Please know that the things I wrote are basically my journey of understanding racial issues and the continuous journey I am on.<\/p>\n

I grew up in a white middle class area in Indiana. \u00a0It’s a college town so it was slightly divided between “town” people and the “university” folks. \u00a0Growing up in my school, there was one Asian family and in high school one mixed African American. \u00a0The town next to mine had the last lynching in a Northern state in 1930 after an angry mob pulled out 3 young African American men from jail and hung 2 of them in the town square, leaving their bodies on display for the town. \u00a0Just recently I read more about this because to me it was just a story I had heard throughout the years. \u00a0I read articles and looked at the picture that was taken by a local reporter where the 2 bodies hung with onlookers watching and pointing. \u00a0Their faces seemed to almost show pride and some were even smiling. \u00a0As I looked at this picture, I was nauseated. \u00a0I began to see why a lot of Marion residents never really talked about this. \u00a0This was just pure evil at the hands of neighbors. \u00a0It was nauseating. \u00a0There was a third man who escaped this angry mob and this is what he wrote and he walked away from the tree where his friends hung…<\/p>\n

“Slowly, painfully, I started limping back towards the jail, dragging myself as best I could. Each step was a prayer and each prayer was a ‘thank you, Jesus!’ No one touched me on the way. No one called out any angry epithets. I looked into the faces as I limped along. They were tired, serious faces now, with shame in their eyes.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Klan was very active in Indiana during the above lynching which is sad of course, but even worse is the fact that prior to the Klan coming, this area of Indiana had a\u00a0 strong history of abolitionism and activity on the underground railroad, but during reconstruction after the Civil War, \u00a0that history was virtually forgotten with the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana.<\/p>\n

A few towns over from where I grew up was said to be a hot spot for the Ku Klux Klan, even in recent years. \u00a0I had a professor friend who was African American who drove through that town and stopped to get gas, he was asked to leave because he couldn’t get gas in that town (THIS WAS IN 2000!).<\/p>\n

The town over from where I grew up, that had the last lynching was a prime example (a bad one) of segregation. \u00a0The African Americans lived in the south of town and the whites lived in the North of town, it is pretty much still like that today.<\/p>\n

I had someone close to me tell me once that affirmative action was one of the worst things that could have happened for me. \u00a0That it took a lot away from me. \u00a0(It wasn’t until later that I realized how awful those words were!)<\/p>\n

I felt when I was growing up that I had a normal childhood. \u00a0I learned what I should in school. \u00a0I experienced what I should to be an up standing citizen and I even had the opportunity to travel the world as a kid and teenager to get a well rounded world-view and see that the whole world, MOST of the world around me does not live like I do. \u00a0I was good, right?<\/p>\n

When Joel and I got married in 2002, we immediately moved to Chicago. \u00a0One of the best things we have done, seriously, in our lives. \u00a0We soon found ourselves and our ideas, theology, etc being turned upside down. \u00a0I began working at University of Chicago, the majority of people I worked with were minorities, mainly African American. I learned SO much from them in both nursing, but more importantly life lessons. \u00a0The created an environment for me where I was able to ask questions, honest and open questions about their lives, stories and journeys that showed me how very different their lives were than mine. \u00a0It was also during this time that Joel took a class called Sankofa. \u00a0This is a group of\u00a0\u00a0individuals from various backgrounds that come together to explore the theological, political, and cultural dimensions of racial reconciliation and human wholeness. \u00a0You can learn more about Sankofa here: Sankofa<\/a> \u00a0During this class, Joel would come home and we would discuss what he was learning and experiencing. \u00a0I distinctly remember when he came home and said “we are privileged.” \u00a0No exclamation point, just that, PERIOD! \u00a0I am not proud of what my response was at that point, but I remember this lead to quite a discussion and thus began a new understanding of what my life was in comparison to my fellow African American and minority friends.<\/p>\n

So, where does all this come from. \u00a0Why now? \u00a0Why discuss this and maybe cause waves…NOW. \u00a0Well, I had a recent discovery in my life after the celebration of our, OUR Independence Day on July 4th. \u00a0It came after Facebook exploded from a post that a well know Christian artist posted on twitter. \u00a0This is what he posted:<\/p>\n

\"Lecrae<\/a><\/p>\n

“My Family on July 4th 1776”<\/p>\n

He got a lot of flack from people, Christians saying he was making things too much about race and not about the gospel! \u00a0Are you kidding? \u00a0WOW! \u00a0When I saw this, 2 things came to me…<\/p>\n

1.) \u00a0My understanding of what July 4th 1776 meant was quite skewed<\/p>\n

2.) \u00a0How sad that people would be so upset about a picture portraying the truth. \u00a0Why was this and why were so many people upset? \u00a0Why is it that when race issues are discussed, white people become so defensive?<\/p>\n

First of all, I thought, as I said above that I had a pretty well-rounded education in comparison to those around me, but until I was in a different environment, I didn’t realize how skewed my view was as a white person. \u00a0When we talk about Independence Day, we talk about WHITE Independence Day when the colonies gained their independence from Britain. \u00a0It wasn’t until June 19, 1865 when the last slaves in America were freed. \u00a0I had never put the thought together that Independence Day for me is not Independence for African Americans. \u00a0It made me so sad to realize this in my ignorance. \u00a0It made me more sad to realize that so much of black history is not discussed in white america. \u00a0We as white privileged Americans don’t want to know about that. \u00a0It is easier to compartmentalize this area of our history and our part in history than to face it. \u00a0Of course we feel bad about it, but not bad enough to own it or realize that we are who we are because of those who went before us, and that isn’t necessarily a good thing.<\/p>\n

We are called as Christians to love our neighbors as ourselves. \u00a0Our neighbors. \u00a0Who are our neighbors? \u00a0Do you think it matters if they are black, latino, Chinese or Muslim. \u00a0We are to love them. \u00a0The Bible speaks to this many times over. \u00a0Is sometimes showing love speaking up when no one else does? \u00a0Is it speaking for the voiceless like Proverbs 31<\/a> states? \u00a0Are we all called sons and daughters in Christ? \u00a0Did Christ die for us ALL? \u00a0I don’t remember there being exceptions.<\/p>\n

I have read a lot of people criticizing the Black Lives Matter<\/a> movement. \u00a0Saying that ALL lives matter. \u00a0Why should one race be picked out above the rest. \u00a0Here is a great explanation of what Black Lives Matter is all about. \u00a0About Black Lives Matter<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, 9 times out of 10, these people always say “I’m not racist, but…” \u00a0It is easy to make judgements and have opinions when you really don’t understand or want to understand. \u00a0This brings me to another point which was summed up well in a quote I recently read from a friend and pastor, David Swanson from Chicago…<\/p>\n

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It’s much easier to speak on behalf of the “voiceless” than to repent for my role in keeping them silent. \u00a0-David Swanson<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This really hit me like a ton of bricks that my silence on this matter is not doing anyone any favors.<\/p>\n

SO, now what. \u00a0Going back to my realization after talking with Joel about white privilege, you may have wondered what happened after that. \u00a0Well, I suppose it is simple and complicated. \u00a0It is conversation. \u00a0Talking and learning the stories of people who are different than me helped me understand SO much. \u00a0Talking with African America friends. \u00a0Having dialogue with people who allowed me to make mistakes in my wording and descriptions realizing that I was trying to learn. \u00a0I was racist. \u00a0WOW, that is hard to write. \u00a0Of course not blatantly racist, but saying things and having a mind of racism. \u00a0There is so much of this out there and it needs to stop. \u00a0White people, we need to stop being so arrogant to think that we know the minority journey. \u00a0We don’t know what it is like. \u00a0We HAVE to talk, we HAVE to understand we HAVE to come to the table to listen. \u00a0Not to defend ourselves, not to be defensive, but to own up to our part in making people silent. \u00a0It’s there. \u00a015 years ago I didn’t know, but now I do. \u00a0I understand more and with this understanding comes a responsibility to be and do better. \u00a0We will make mistakes. \u00a0We HAVE made mistakes and we have to own it. \u00a0But we can’t be silent any longer. \u00a0We have to help the voiceless, to be a voice and to speak up to the voices that have been silenced.<\/p>\n

Should we struggle? \u00a0Yes we should. We should discuss and learn and cry and lament together. \u00a0But the great thing about struggle is that there is hope in the struggle. \u00a0Would we struggle over something we don’t care about? \u00a0No. \u00a0You just wouldn’t care about it. \u00a0But if you are struggling with this, I encourage you that there is hope in the struggle.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 31:8-10<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n
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8\u00a0<\/sup>Speak out on behalf of the voiceless,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and for the rights of all who are vulnerable.[a<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>Speak out in order to judge with righteousness<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and to defend the needy and the poor.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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