A brother and I consider the article below to be based on shallow information:
My brother’s response:
Causes will continue my focus when I analyze reports like this. While I appreciate the effort being made to rectify some of this. The article does not address that which might be self-inflicted. Comparisons mean nothing to me at the large scale level. I need details. Inequity is a broad term. In other words, I am still waiting for the answer to "Whose fault is it?" They left it open and I find that disturbing. It leaves too much to interpretation and stirs the pot, in my opinion. If the research has been done, don't leave me hanging. Make the case. Example, Claim: My wages are lower than some other groups. Question: What is your level of education? Example 2, Why is it harder for certain ethnicities to get a mortgage loan? Could it be credit rating? Income? I'll stop there.
My response:
Brother, As I read the article called a "community-led study," many underlying questions were raised in my mind, most of them mentioned by my brother. In fact, I concur with everything my brother wrote and with all the comments following the article. It's very shallow, amounting to a smokescreen to hide the truth about the reason for the stats. I question the journalist's motives. He seems to want to remind black people of their "victimhood." Truth doesn't seem to matter. Slightly paraphrasing Baucham's words, "People are ignoring (the principles of truth) because the standard of justice upon which their pleas are built does not come from the God of the Scriptures" (FL, p. 45). Therefore, impressive lies are crafted in various ways through various mediums in order to keep spreading them. Many blacks promote these lies because they benefit from them while at the same time wouldn't lift a finger for their fellow blacks. This attitude was notice by Booker T. Washington in his day: "There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs - partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public." He said this in a speech in 1911. Sounds familiar? Does his words describe people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, and now the lesbian group Black Lives Matter. A famous black preacher said the real enemy of black people is the black politician. On the other hand, Malcolm X said white liberals are the black man's worst enemies. Ironically, he was killed by blacks. Bottom line: all ethnic groups need to face the truth about themselves (sinners), see their need for Jesus, and trust Him as Savior. Then spread the gospel to lost folks regardless of their ethnicity. May God help us!
Blessings!
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