Dr. Martin King defined "racism" as "the myth of inferior peoples."
Why such a myth?
"What is racism? Dr. George Kelsey, in a profound book entitled Racism and the Christian Understanding of Man, states that Racism is a faith. It is a form of idolatry… In its early modern 1/
Why such a myth?
"What is racism? Dr. George Kelsey, in a profound book entitled Racism and the Christian Understanding of Man, states that Racism is a faith. It is a form of idolatry… In its early modern 1/
2/ "beginnings, racism was a justificatory device. It did not emerge as a faith. It arose as an ideological justification for the constellations of political and economic power which were expressed in colonialism and slavery. But gradually the idea of the superior race was
3/ "heightened and deepened in meaning and value so that it pointed beyond the historical structures of relation, in which it emerged, to human existence itself." (Dr. King, Where Do We Go From Here?, p. 73)
Further,
"It seems to be a fact of life that human beings cannot
Further,
"It seems to be a fact of life that human beings cannot
4/ "continue to do wrong without eventually reaching out for some rationalization to clothe their acts in the garments of righteousness. And so, with the growth of slavery, men had to convince themselves that a system which was so economically profitable was morally justifiable.
5/5 "The attempt to give moral sanction to a profitable system gave birth to the doctrine of white supremacy." (pp. 76-77)
And it was that wicked justification for historic exploitation that led to his assassination 52 years ago today, April 4, 1968.
And it was that wicked justification for historic exploitation that led to his assassination 52 years ago today, April 4, 1968.
