Date uploaded: 2015-12-01 21:46:16
Archive date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 22:29:36 GMT
I will tell you a story about a church where families that are mostly from Latin American countries go. They hold a play every year. The Passion of Christ. One year they elected a Afro-Cuban to play Jesus. People began to complain. The had a big meeting with the congregation. There were people who literally asked how Jesus could be black. Some people were more blatant with their bigotry. Finally they asked the old Cuban man what he thought. He looked around and everyone. He then stood up and quietly said. "No one complain when I played the Devil 3 years in a row." This was followed by utter silence. Accusations of racism eventually led to people being removed from positions at this Church. Racism is a topic that is heavily overlooked because it is ingrained in the European Latin culture. This coupled with the need to "fit in" in this society. I can't tell you if this made people change. I just know that a lot of people went home looking stupid. I understand that some "Latinos" have an extremely difficult time admitting that they have African ancestry because of the deep seeded racism. You'll see people claim that they are Indigenous, Italian, "Indios Oscuros" anything but black. They will even claim that this color means nothing until something like this happens. These people are the darkest Christians in the world. I look like an Indigenous person. Because that's what I am. But I have always been very proud of the African ancestry in my family. The Spaniards never asked to be part of my family. They raped their way in. But I do have some ancestors from France as well. I have never denied the Black roots on my mothers side, and I have always told people that I will not stand for their small minded nonsense. Most of my family came from Peru. But some of them were as Black as Yeshua Ben Yosef. Just remember. Your arms are too short to box with God. And you can't beat #ImmortalTechnique because a man who walks with God can walk anywhere. Or. For those of you looking at this from a cynical atheist perspective, you ca