Sin has the tendency to spread like the sand upon the seashore. In the midst of these deadly evil’s is the ugly and annoying sin of racism. Many teach and believe without doctrine or scientific support that certain ethnicities put superiority of one race over others and try with every fiber within their thinking to maintain this racial disharmony. Racism is systematic practically in every organization in the western world. In fact, it is often quoted that the most segregated hour during the week is at 11:00A.M. on Sunday morning. Although we preach and teach that all men are created equal and endowed by God to be so, our actions are contrary and we do not put these words into practice when it comes to those who look, act, and live differently. This annoyance sin determines where we are born, live, work, and buried in the western world. Many of our religious and political leaders refuse to deal with this subject, because it cuts and hurts into the inner most fiber of our lives and it is easier to talk about the invisible soul, and let the body go hungry, cold, ill, and uncared for in this land of plenty.
~Rev. Dr. Simon Bodley, Jr.
One of the very painful facts about living in exile (both in biblical history and in African-American history) is the painful fact of assimilation and acculturation! Many exiles decide that the best way to deal with living in exile is to simply take on the culture of their oppressors! That is similar to following the least line of resistance. Psychologists say that the thinking which produces that kind of assimilation reasons on this wise: If we can become like them then they will leave us alone! We won’t stand out as much. That will cause them to back up off of us, not treat us so harshly and perhaps even make us “trusted exiles!” In an often overlooked detail from the story of the three Hebrew boys thrown into the fiery furnace, the same principle can be seen. Likewise, in the story of Daniel’s refusing to go along with a governmental mandate which prevented him from praying (as a matter of homeland security) the same principle is also demonstrated while overlooked!
As much as Bible readers’ hearts are inspired by the stories of the three Hebrew boys who refused to bow and the story of Daniel who likewise refused to “go along to get along,” the detail that is missed is what Kelvin Bodley writes about in the Boiling Pot of Injustice. The majority of persons who lived in exile went along with the government’s game plan. The majority assimilated. The majority acculturated. The majority did not stand up for what they believed in or what they had been taught to believe in their native land.
~Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
The Boiling Pot of injustice is a must read book which illustrates how racial discrimination continues to burden people of color despite the numerous strides made as a result of the civil rights movement. The book begins to shine the spot light on people in authority who refuse to acknowledge that discriminatory practices exist in many of our private and government institutions in the 21st century. The sad irony is the Boiling Pot of Injustice is symbolic of what can happen to innocent people when the reckless patterns of discrimination practices boils over into an institution and goes unattended as a result of fear and cowardice. A book such as this courageously takes the lid off and exposes the aroma of hatred and discrimination to those who wish to ignore the problem.
~Dwight N. Randolph
~SCRIPTURE~
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, depart in peace, be ye warned and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
James 2: 14-17, (KJV)