Comments on: Post-racial? http://erika.haub.net/post-racial/07/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:39:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jamie Arpin-Ricci http://erika.haub.net/post-racial/07/comment-page-1/#comment-578453 Jamie Arpin-Ricci Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:29:20 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/?p=884#comment-578453 Great excerpt. I look forward to reading more. I must say that this issue has been very challenging in our community of late. While most people in our church represent the urban poor we are still largely a white church. We have worked so hard to challenge them with just this issue, with much success. The challenge is engaging this issue without the unintentional (or intentional) belief that whiteness is inherently a bad thing, that the abusive actions were somehow not born out human nature, but out of their very whiteness. I recently posted on the culture of victimhood and would really appreciate your thoughts, even if you disagree. Thanks for sharing this. Peace, Jamie Great excerpt. I look forward to reading more. I must say that this issue has been very challenging in our community of late. While most people in our church represent the urban poor we are still largely a white church. We have worked so hard to challenge them with just this issue, with much success.

The challenge is engaging this issue without the unintentional (or intentional) belief that whiteness is inherently a bad thing, that the abusive actions were somehow not born out human nature, but out of their very whiteness.

I recently posted on the culture of victimhood and would really appreciate your thoughts, even if you disagree. Thanks for sharing this.

Peace,
Jamie

]]> By: Kacie http://erika.haub.net/post-racial/07/comment-page-1/#comment-578142 Kacie Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:08:44 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/?p=884#comment-578142 The Atlantic had an excellent article about this in January called "The End of White America?" You can read it here: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200901/end-of-whiteness It addresses the trend of whites being proud of every culture but their own. It's all complex for me. As a missionary kid I find myself white but not exposed to the white-American culture in my childhood. How do I take part in a culture not my own even though it belongs to my people? Still, I have immense appreciation for the values and life presented in a lot of down-home country music. There is much that is beautiful in small-town white America. I struggle more to identify the beauty of the suburbs! :) The Atlantic had an excellent article about this in January called “The End of White America?” You can read it here: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200901/end-of-whiteness

It addresses the trend of whites being proud of every culture but their own.

It’s all complex for me. As a missionary kid I find myself white but not exposed to the white-American culture in my childhood. How do I take part in a culture not my own even though it belongs to my people? Still, I have immense appreciation for the values and life presented in a lot of down-home country music. There is much that is beautiful in small-town white America. I struggle more to identify the beauty of the suburbs! :)

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