Beligerant, Bitter, Middle Aged Black Men

by Mr. Bob | 9:51 am, July 24, 2009 | Comments Off

#tcot #racist #ppc

Perhaps when the cops came to my house (twice in my life) when I was breaking in because I forgot my keys, instead of being calm, showing them my ID and waiting it out (embarrassed), I should have screamed at them, called them names and insinuated they were only doing this because they were racist.

Then I could get a front page story on USA Today. Oh wait, I'm not black, and I am not well-connected so I guess not, I'd just be arrested and charges would NOT be dropped.

Henry Louis Gates represents everything that is wrong with race relations in higher education in the United States today. The kind of classes he teaches only further the judging of people by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character

Mr Gates apparently also has what the Bible calls a root bitterness that he can't let go of as well as a career built around the victimization of "black men in America". I know there are racist cops, just like their are racists that work at Wal-Mart, but most aren't and this isn't one of those cases. In this case it was a classic example of a black man flying off the handle because he thinks he's being treated a certain way because he is black. When in fact, he was treated no different than anyone else would be in this circumstance. Once he flew off the handle, his pride would not let him turn around and admit he was being an idiot.

I do not say this hypocritically, I've seen bitterness creep in my own life over certain issues. We all as humans fight it, but apparently Mr. Gates is not fighting it, he is embracing it. Being bitter is not a "right", it is a poison both for the person keeping it and for society. But Mr. Gates isn't just bitter, he has a career built on "race relations"....something most people don't give a second thought to. But Mr. Gates has always been this way;

From Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, on his Harvard application:

"As always, whitey now sits in judgment of me, preparing to cast my fate. It is your decision either to let me blow with the wind as a nonentity or to encourage the development of self. Allow me to prove myself."

He's grown older and supposedly more educated, but the chip on his shoulder is just as big today as it was when he was an arrogant snot-nosed kid. From Holy Coast

Mr. Gates makes his living on this bitterness. His classes, his books are all about race. His whole life is built up around the idea that "the system" "the man" is still against him...and his "race". This incident revealed what was his heart...anger, bitterness, and assuming the worst of people who aren't like him. In other words he has become what he loathes.

Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.

Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

I had a friend say to me this is an "ignorant article" and perhaps in certain ways it is, but actually this is not an article. It is a personal blog post from the Christian spiritual perspective from a guy who has lived in the southern and western parts of the US. I was raised to judge each according to his character and actions, not anything else. Perhaps my ignorance is to expect others to do the same.

If you feel that is ignorant, I challenge you to read the Bible again, or for the first time and do it with an open mind. God's Spirit gives answers to the world's woes like racism and bitterness and only through the savior described in its pages can real peace be found.

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