Comments on: Slaves Of A Different Shade http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2007/08/18/slaves-of-a-different-shade/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:49:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: does ethnicity matter in church? : djchuang.com http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2007/08/18/slaves-of-a-different-shade/#comment-12924 does ethnicity matter in church? : djchuang.com Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:01:01 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2007/08/18/slaves-of-a-different-shade/#comment-12924 [...] addition to the quotes already posted as conversation starters, I’d add this reflection from David Park: In our churches, we emulate White America to the extent that if I closed my eyes and went into any [...] [...] addition to the quotes already posted as conversation starters, I’d add this reflection from David Park: In our churches, we emulate White America to the extent that if I closed my eyes and went into any [...]

]]> By: elderj http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2007/08/18/slaves-of-a-different-shade/#comment-7273 elderj Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:06:27 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2007/08/18/slaves-of-a-different-shade/#comment-7273 As we say in my community, "You've stopped preaching now and gone to meddlin'." I should perhaps not be surprised to see your post as I know you've been meditating on this theme for quite some time. This idea of becoming "honorary whites" seems to be pervasive, and yet is tinged with a more recent tendency to want to also enjoy the "benefits" of being colored (for lack of a better term). Despite what lip service many pay to the ideal, it is still true that American = White. As we say in my community, “You’ve stopped preaching now and gone to meddlin’.”

I should perhaps not be surprised to see your post as I know you’ve been meditating on this theme for quite some time. This idea of becoming “honorary whites” seems to be pervasive, and yet is tinged with a more recent tendency to want to also enjoy the “benefits” of being colored (for lack of a better term). Despite what lip service many pay to the ideal, it is still true that American = White.

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