{"id":387,"date":"2005-10-01T06:57:14","date_gmt":"2005-10-01T06:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/10\/the-church-embracing-grace-and-5.html"},"modified":"2005-10-01T06:57:14","modified_gmt":"2005-10-01T06:57:14","slug":"the-church-embracing-grace-and-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/10\/the-church-embracing-grace-and-5.html","title":{"rendered":"The Church, Embracing Grace, and Racism 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, we are led to ask, “What can we do about it? What can we do about racism in our culture? What can we do as Christians?”
\n[I had a comment here that I deleted because I thought it would draw discussion. It didn’t, so I have edited it out.]
\nCarol Swain, who comes at the entire issue of racism and racialization from the angle of the development of white nationalism in the USA and who is proposing macroscopic solutions, or a way toward macroscopic solutions, offers all kinds of purplish — beyond the classical red and blue solutions. I’ll avoid stereotyping either solution.
\nHere are Carol Swain’s recommendations, and as I said in my previous post, there is a fierce independence of mind at work here. No one, I suppose, will agree with everything, but there is something behind every suggestion she makes.
\nIdeas for improving American society<\/strong>
\n1. Honor free speech by permitting race to be discussed honestly.
\n2. Address and acknowledge the legitimate issues raised by white nationalists.
\n3. Abandon all race- and gender-based double standards.
\n4. End all racial preferences in employment and promotion.
\n5. Provide public funds in public schools for more vocational training.
\n6. Invest public dollars so all can at least attend community colleges.
\n7. If racial preferences are to be used, remove immigrants from eligibility for such.
\n8. Protect minorities with a more observant system for finding discrimination.
\n9. Dramatically reduce immigration, enforce laws against illegal aliens working.
\n10. Politicians need to listen to more than just recognized leaders among minorities.
\n11. Replace earned income credit with direct monthly wage subsidies.
\n12. Establish partnerships car dealers and government to help the poor with transportation.
\n13. Establish more humane guidelines for collecting child support.
\n14. Provide audit studies of state-run social welfare agencies.
\nWhat Black Leaders can and should to to help reduce racial hatred<\/strong>
\n1. Make the reduction of black crime rate the #1 issue.
\n2. Stop treating riots as an opportunity to press for governmental largesse.
\n3. End discussions and demands for racial reparations.
\n4. Highlight the progress that African Americans have made.
\n5. Start condemning and stop contributing to the illegitimacy rate.
\n6. Use African Americans’ faith as a tool to change behavior.
\n7. Provide legal aid to convicted felons so they can learn what they can do.
\n8. Institute training to help young blacks on how to deal with police when they have been stopped.
\n9. Black leaders need to read the books, articles, and web pages of their enemies.
\nExplosive stuff on all sides here. She knows the problems, and she’s got strong views on this stuff, and they are not always a stereotyped solution.
\nTomorrow I’ll look at United by Faith<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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