The pendulum swings both ways.
It happened when I was in third grade. I was a white girl in predominantly all back school. It was the last day of school before summer and I had already gone home for the day, but I had forgotten to take my lunch money and had to walk back. On my way, I passed the house of a girl that was in my class, and one of two that loved to torment me with racial slurs and a host of other things. She was standing outside talking to 5 or 6 high school girls. I got nervous as I was passing because they all stopped talking and stared at me. As I was climbing the hill to the school I heard someone shout my name. Turning around, the H.S. girls were running for me and two of them had baseball bats. They surrounded me in a circle and started cursing me and pushing me between them until I hit the ground. One of them raised her bat and was about to take a swing when my savior-of-the-day pulled up. It was my principal. She was the nicest heavy-set black woman I had ever met, but she started screaming at those girls up one side and down the other. Then she put me in her car, took me to her office, gave me a big squeeze, and apologized for what those girls had done. The next thing I know we are walking out of her office, and lo and behold, the H.S. girls were standing there in hand cuffs with the cops ready to take them away. My principal started in on them again, and the cops just let her loose.
The moral of this story is this: We need to be careful not to buy into the lie that all black people are turning into white-haters under the twisted mind of this president. There are many that WOULD NOT condone racial hatred or violence.
I did not come away from my situation bitter because that principal showed me what a true hero was. That day, the hero had black skin. I also experienced torment from other whites in different schools, not to mention I could do a little tormenting of my own when I wanted to go along with the crowd. It happens, although it be wrong.
That being said, I believe any president or other leaders of America that are inciting racial violence and hatred should be AT MINIMUM, fired, and I’ll bet if my principal is out there somewhere and she sees what is going on, she would be inclined to agree with me.
I hope to thank her someday.
When we as Americans begin to cut into each other, we are playing right into his hands.
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I have shared and posted here a similar story to yours. My future wife, my 12 year old sister, and I were assaulted by a mob of black youths on the Boston subway. They had knives. Before the train stopped, they were threatening people, and there was little anyone could do because of the close confines, the sheer number of them, and the lack of weapons on our part. When one of them robbed the purse and punched my sister, however, I reacted and came to her aid. Quickly, the entire train, including the MBTA driver, fled as fast as they could. My wife stood between me and the knives. There was one black kid with a red bandanna who joiner her, and my life was sparred that night.
That was also not the only time I have been a victim of racial crime, but it is the one I mention right to you.
However, here is the issue of our day: black violence on whites is many, many, many times that of white violence on blacks. That is a judicial, criminal, and statistical fact in nearly every state, country, and by far nationally.
And.......it is getting worse by the day. Much worse.
There is a massive double legal, media, and political standard of whites vs. blacks, and in fact, that double standard is encouraged by our political leaders, enforced by laws, enforced by institutions, and trumpeted by the media.
There is also this: as a follower of Christ, I hear His words to love my enemies, to do good for those who hate me. This not only includes the people who have harmed me and my family through crime and assault, but also applies to the fact that Christ does not want me to retaliate at every argument. I find that very hard. Right here on the this board, the temptation is vent my frustration, rather than pray for my enemies. But, I need to, because that is what God commands.
"43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
Matthew 5:43 - 48
The Almighty does love all - all nations, races, and peoples. A pastor reminded me that God said in the Old Testament that He loved the Philistines as a people. ALL people are His. But, He also hates sin and wickedness. He hates injustice. Sin can be repented of, but in today's America, the talk about what is sin is almost outlawed. You cannot tell someone that homosexuality is a sin, and not risk being fired, sued, arrested, and persecuted.
We are in perilous times. I believe, the End Times. These are the Last Days.
The time for all of us to get right with Jesus Christ is now.
When someone does something decent to be thankful for I’ll thank them.
Nobody deserves to be recognized in a special way for normal behavior or standard performance.
Everybody deserves to be punished for aberrant behavior and crimes against others. Punished without quarter. They give none and they will get none from me and deserve none from anyone.