Gotta clarify
MEant "too much hurt" not "too much earth" Meant Jewish/Catholic neighborhood which meant all our neighbors in the apartment we integrated were Jewish, Polish, Italian, Irish. A lot of racial and religious battering, I'll tell you. Which has left me very impatient with anyone who picks on the religion or race or other folks. -C --- In [email protected], "Carole McDonnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sancochojo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Unfortunately, I would never defend the behavior of Gangsta rappers. > > I would defend the art of rap, but not the gangsta rappers. To me it > > does a disservice to the community. I'm not religious, nor follow a > > denomination, but I do have some level of respect. I would never on > > one hand call on the Lord and thank him for my success than on the > > other hand my success is based on exploiting Black woman and > > glorifying the least things we should glorify. The problem in our > > community is that we spend too much time defending the undesirables > in > > our community and not praising those who provide value to our > > community. To me, becoming rich off of the backs of half naked > woman, > > and blunts and bling is something I do not consider success or a > value > > to the community. > > > CM: I'm a Christian and so I try not to judge people. I leave that to > the unreligious. > > > > > I also have disfavor for the elites and simple leaders who run these > > Mega churches. I always have to ask myself, If Jesus was here, > would > > he be rolling around in $1,000 suites, huge homes, and fancy cars. > I > > would say, he would not because he would say drop everything and he > > would live basic enough to support his family. Now, I'm talking > about > > those who choose to preach the word of God. Unfortunately living in > > the US, the religious community have learned to justify excess > living > > all in the name of God. > > > CM: The US is all about excess but I suspect that people who have > been poor all their lives don't know how to handle money when they > get it. Whether white or black, religious or not, when the poor get > money they tend to show it off. They have been wounded so long and so > disrespected that their egos need these externals. They want to get > back at the racist cop, the snooty white authority figure who dissed > them. Am not saying it's okay but I will defend them. It's the same > with other areas. Powerful people also show off their power, just as > the rich show off their wealth. I remember a rich black guy I met who > said "when I want a cab I take a cab from a white guy then I lay a > big tip on him; when I want a building built I use white people and I > lay a big tip on them. I want to show them that we don't need them." > We are a wounded people in many ways and our approach to wealth shows > how much we and our folks have come from. True, those rappers kill > each other and buy a lotta STUFF but they always buy they mama a big > house. As I said, I'm a Christian I am not put on earth to judge > people...life is too full of earth. I can only hope that when I've > finished doing the six great works I've been appointed to do on > earth, that I will be so spiritually healed from the crap I've gotten > from whites, atheists, my horrible racist neighhbors when I grew up > in the Jewish Catholic neighborhood, authority figures that treated > me badly, that I will be more concerned with helping the poor than > with showing the rich and powerful that I am now one of them. > > > > The amount that many churches donate, contribute or what have you, > is > > miniscuel in relationship to the money that goes into their > pockets. > > The Catholic Church is renown for that behavior, and these mega > > churches are not far from that. If churches were forced to pay > taxes, > > I really wonder how well those ledgers would really reflect honesty. > > > > CM: All human institutions are evil and they are run by either good > people or bad people. Usually both. As someone who has suffered a lot > from folks generalizing about blacks or Christians, I try not to > generalize or reduce any group or person to one statement. As I say, > I am involved in churches and I know what churches do. It's odd for > people to pick on everyone in an organization, especially when they > are not involved in those organizations. I could easily say that just > because Kwame gave tons of jobs to his friends and ex-lovers in the > NAACP that the NAACP is evil. I could say that CORE is evil. Or for > that matter all the black "non-profit" organizations in the world > that have benefitted from our donations. But I don't. And certainly, > the same people who shout out against ALL churches being greedy don't > shout out against ALL black organizations being greedy. People are > human. They will -- especially if they have been poor and powerless- - > not always use the money given to them in the right way. But > sometimes they might. So should we stop giving money to bums on the > street, or to a poor relative, just because they are going to waste > it or use it for evil? As I said, I'm a Christian. I don't demand > perfection of others, especially since I don't know what I would do > if tempted with tons of money, power and responsibility. I'm glad > you can judge matters this easily. I cannot. As a Christian I know > that these things are too complicated. But non-christians can see > through complications I guess and make reductionist statements. This > is a free country and they are allowed to. -C Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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