My business mentor is black. (the guy I go to for ethically related business questions.)
The best man at my wedding was black. (best friend literally)
His dad/The preacher who did the wedding is black, he was also the scholar who taught me the basics of exegetical study (he is the reason I can be here and throw down b, c, v and educate you knot heads on some Jesus. (He looked like Jax from the mortal kombat series)
Plus there are about 1/2 a dozen honorable mentions. (Singing coach, her daughter [went out on the group dating thing I spoke of a few times] two of my best employees, and various other co workers I had over the years.)
This doesn't include the 'project people'/People I helped, did work for over the years (The hundreds of inner city kids, the food pantry people, and on and on and on. Literally 1/2 our church is black. Never once did i ever feel a seperation between myself and anyone in the black community. Now after this president's administration I do.
I have never changed my view on the police and for the most part the people I know have not either black or white. but I have noticed a sharp divide forming in the church. from those who feel entitled or want special dispensation/to be treated as if they were above the law.
I grew up around poor black people all my life and I've only ever heard a cry for equality. Now the cry has turned to dominance/segregation. A segregation that favors black people. I've even lost a few face book friends over it, why? because As I said in the beginning of my other thread these feeling of 'superiority/segregation' is what the confederacy was born out of..
Do the black people I know agree with me? no not always, but the fact of the matter is they know where I stand, and I make no apology for it.
treated everyone as an equal until they gave me reason not to.. F-them or anyone else who demands to be treated better. Earn it. Show me you are a respectable man and i will treat you as such. demand it and I will not want to have anything to do with you.
As far as the proof? In Nov I am scheduled to go to Dallas and meet my buddy and then to Austin to meet his parents then we are planning a road trip through the grand canyon to end in San Francisco i believe. maybe I'll post some pics..
I do have some pics of the intercity ministries I did as a young man. I'll see if I can dig some of that stuff out.
The best man at my wedding was black. (best friend literally)
His dad/The preacher who did the wedding is black, he was also the scholar who taught me the basics of exegetical study (he is the reason I can be here and throw down b, c, v and educate you knot heads on some Jesus. (He looked like Jax from the mortal kombat series)
Plus there are about 1/2 a dozen honorable mentions. (Singing coach, her daughter [went out on the group dating thing I spoke of a few times] two of my best employees, and various other co workers I had over the years.)
This doesn't include the 'project people'/People I helped, did work for over the years (The hundreds of inner city kids, the food pantry people, and on and on and on. Literally 1/2 our church is black. Never once did i ever feel a seperation between myself and anyone in the black community. Now after this president's administration I do.
I have never changed my view on the police and for the most part the people I know have not either black or white. but I have noticed a sharp divide forming in the church. from those who feel entitled or want special dispensation/to be treated as if they were above the law.
I grew up around poor black people all my life and I've only ever heard a cry for equality. Now the cry has turned to dominance/segregation. A segregation that favors black people. I've even lost a few face book friends over it, why? because As I said in the beginning of my other thread these feeling of 'superiority/segregation' is what the confederacy was born out of..
Do the black people I know agree with me? no not always, but the fact of the matter is they know where I stand, and I make no apology for it.
treated everyone as an equal until they gave me reason not to.. F-them or anyone else who demands to be treated better. Earn it. Show me you are a respectable man and i will treat you as such. demand it and I will not want to have anything to do with you.
As far as the proof? In Nov I am scheduled to go to Dallas and meet my buddy and then to Austin to meet his parents then we are planning a road trip through the grand canyon to end in San Francisco i believe. maybe I'll post some pics..
I do have some pics of the intercity ministries I did as a young man. I'll see if I can dig some of that stuff out.
