Your background, your identity would be enough to protect your husband and yourĬhildren from racism and rejection. The Holy Spirit came to whisper to me again:
Response of shock, I realized not only my own ignorance to the livedĮxperiences of other peoples in the U.S., but my own deeply rooted pride. Implicit and explicit bias dished out by people of many races and Shocked to find how hard it has been, how much rejection we’ve faced, and the What it means to be a multicultural and biracial family in the U.S., I was Protection instead of trusting your own wisdom and your geographicĪs our family has journeyed with cultural adaptation and There? Is it your job to protect your children or decide where I want them to Merits of different states and cities and which are the most open to our unique One day, I spent a long afternoon with a bi-cultural familyįriend debating all the cities in the U.S. Person and individual, have knowingly or unknowingly believed lies about my Mistakes in the ways I’ve treated and thought about other people(s). My family line, in my people/nation, in my land/neighborhood, and in my church.ġ.) Personal/Individual: Where are the ways I’ve screwed up?įirst off, through my own ignorance and pride, I’ve made Where I’ve had lean deeper into repentance: on an individual/personal level, in Where I am blind or believing lies in my own heart. While education and government programs have a place, the more I see, the more I am convinced that true, lasting healing has to start from a spiritual level and if that's not dealt with, then nothing can permanently change. Give you a place to start and lean into in your own life.įirst off, I am fully convinced that the first step inĮthnic/racial reconciliation is repentance under the guidance of the Holy However, maybe reading some of the ways I have struggled to grow in this might You need to shift in your heart and thought processes, I can share my journey. While I can’t tell you what your process needs to be or how Oversimplification can sometimes further entrench false ideologies instead of However, the more I learn, the more I don’tįixing racism.” It’s a complicated, deeply layered, interconnected problem and Hope to read, written by people much more knowledgeable than myself). My resource page on this blog to give you more info sources than you can ever Sure, sure, I can throw a million resourcesĪt you (which, by the way, I have updated However, I have to be honest in myĪnswer. Life? How do I get better at this?” I love those questions. In response to my last post, I’ve received questions on “how.” “How do I do uncover implicit bias in my own Logic and rhetoric behind arguments and how very oversimplified a veryĬomplicated topic can be made when it hits memes and social media posts. Now acknowledged openly as an area of brokenness, I struggle with some of the The nation has exploded and now its hard to escape from people talking about How much the world has changed in a week! Since the last time I wrote, it seems as if
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