"My community is on the bottom of everything in America — education, single parent households, violence, and on. It is not fair that they were born into such a deprived area but that is their fate.... They may face racism just as a Jew may encounter anti-Semitism, but by aiming high they will land higher and when they pass along these good faith lessons to their children, that generation will land even higher."
From 2011! Colorblind Ideology Is a Form of Racism: A colorblind approach allows us to deny uncomfortable cultural differences. Problems with the colorblind approach. Colorblindness pretends differences don’t exist. Racism? Strong words, yes, but let’s look the issue straight in its partially unseeing eye. In a colorblind society, white people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can effectively ignore racism in American life, justify the current social order, and feel more comfortable with their relatively privileged standing in society (Fryberg, 2010). Most people of color, however, who regularly encounter difficulties due to race, experience colorblind ideologies quite… Read more »
Joey Zamboni
3 years ago
>>Along with my faith, I made the aspirational American values of hard work and personal responsibility the focus in my community<<
Pastor Brooks speaks truthfully & wisely…
His message is for all of us…
Pat S.
3 years ago
Thank you for your honest assessment, Pastor Brooks.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
From 2011! Colorblind Ideology Is a Form of Racism: A colorblind approach allows us to deny uncomfortable cultural differences. Problems with the colorblind approach. Colorblindness pretends differences don’t exist. Racism? Strong words, yes, but let’s look the issue straight in its partially unseeing eye. In a colorblind society, white people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can effectively ignore racism in American life, justify the current social order, and feel more comfortable with their relatively privileged standing in society (Fryberg, 2010). Most people of color, however, who regularly encounter difficulties due to race, experience colorblind ideologies quite… Read more »
>>Along with my faith, I made the aspirational American values of hard work and personal responsibility the focus in my community<<
Pastor Brooks speaks truthfully & wisely…
His message is for all of us…
Thank you for your honest assessment, Pastor Brooks.
Let’s hope and pray for the best for the City.