Since last night and in the days leading up to the announcement that the grand jury did not indict Darren Wilson for fatally shooting young Michael Brown, I have seen numerous people encouraging peace in Ferguson. A number of my friends responded to last night with simple calls on social media to "pray for peace." I think we need to be careful about that because it too easily sounds like "get back to normal."
Rebecca
11/25/2014 10:35:23 am
amen. Question. What can people of privledge (including you and me) physically, spiritually, emotionally do to help? Is there ever the possibility to spread "privledgedness" ?
Ben Mulford
11/26/2014 04:27:38 am
I think Affirmative Action programs were attempts to do that. But my opinion is, as Christians, we are to spread The Gospel of Jesus Christ, which should help us see and create a new reality (if we do it right). That's a more important task than spreading "privilege". What we can do about privilege is, recognize that yes, it is real. How do you do that? By listening to others tell their stories of all the stuff they deal with and have had to deal with that those of privilege just don't even realize or notice. Relationships are the key. This is not us vs. them, but it is only Us. Ignoring clear issues of racial inequality will not help. Listening, and giving up the power of privilege (laying it down), will go a long way. Unfortunately, most people of privilege won't acknowledge the issue and don't think it's worth talking about, and things like this they think make it a bigger deal than it is. The Atlantic has a recent post explaining this: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/08/self-segregation-why-its-hard-for-whites-to-understand-ferguson/378928/ Comments are closed.
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