Al and Jesse Please Help Us: White People and Jews are Indifferent
It’s hard not to stop and think about what’s going on in Ferguson Missouri, especially if you are 50-something like me. I grew up watching American cities burn on TV due to racial unrest, and as a young boy, was perplexed that the offended were burning down their own neighborhoods. I still haven’t figured that one out. However, I have figured this out: people always do what they do, or don’t do, for a reason.
The news media has always seemed to be the experts in regard to why these things happen; these people (not politically correct) they be like, very, very, angry. This is understandable; no one refutes the prejudice that was part of our American culture, primarily in the South, for much of our history. Nevertheless, the cities I watched burn on TV as a young boy were primarily in the North where people of color have risen to prominence as far back as the Colonial era. I haven’t figured that one out either.
So, this whole thing with Ferguson is déjà vu for me. It’s a return to the exact same narrative I watched in black and white, night after night lying on the floor with my palms under my chin propping up my cranium case with perplexity swirling about inside. I am no less perplexed, but all this has me wondering.
Are white people and Jews indifferent? Even with the improvement of race relations in this country resulting in opportunity as well; i.e., our President is a man of color, a far cry from the days when the same be like, unable to vote, any vestige of the old days at all is met with the same intensity as the former days. They be like, burning stuff down and looting their neighbors. Yes, perhaps their righteous indignation is a bit misguided, but at least they are not indifferent!
Synonyms for “indifferent” are uncaring, uninterested, apathetic, unmoved, cold, insensible…Yikes! And consider the turning of the tables that has come about in recent years. According to the well documented book, White Girl Bleed A Lot, unprovoked and random black on white violence in this country is now an epidemic. Unlike the nationally televised episodes like Ferguson and the Trevon Martin case where the event evolved out of some kind of altercation, these situations be like, totally random. Recently, in nearby Dayton, Ohio, an Asian American woman was shot dead for the pure sport of it by a young man of color. Although such cases are presently viral in this country, they go virtually unreported, and the crackers (also pronounced, “cracka”) could care less. Where is the outrage? Such indifference is disgusting!
And besides being a cracka myself, I have some special experience with kikes as well. I was originally born with a Jewish name, but later adopted by a kraut (also known as “German”). I also have an older brother who was not adopted by a kraut, wetback, dago, or any other-than kike. At some point in my life, I moved to Dallas, Texas and spent time with my brother professionally and personally for 12 years. People didn’t know we were related because our last names are different, and that my friends, was an education.
My brother is the quintessential business man. His gig is building things. Certainly he has opinions, but has always been pretty indifferent to any that obscure productivity. As an observer experiencing what people said and did when their guard was down around me, I can assure you that Jews experience daily prejudice in subtle, and not so subtle experiences. An example would be the time when a Texas hick pulled a 38 revolver on us before I could say, “Whoa buddy, I ain’t the kike here, my name is ‘Dohse,’ that’s kraut!”
Never once, in the 58 years that I have known my brother, have I ever heard him complain about prejudice. Never once, in all of my relationships with Jewish people, have I heard them talk about the Holocaust. But I can tell you this: I know well what I have been spared because I have a different last name.
I think it is time that whites and Jews repent of their indifference and follow the example of the courageous people of color. We only now need to figure out the best way to take this stand. Perhaps the great leaders of the Civil Rights movement can counsel us? Surely they know; I have been watching them on TV all of my life. That would be Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
Let’s use my hometown of Xenia, Ohio as an example. Should we burn down the east side or the west side? What should we write on our signs? What should our chants be? When we say, “No justice, no peace,” how do we define “no peace,” and how does that equate to “peaceful demonstration.” There is a print shop up the street owned by Christians that I could loot, but is that the proper protocol? They are white Christians, does that make a difference? Not being indifferent is very complicated; I wonder if Jackson and Sharpton could help us?
And this indifference is by no means limited to crackers and kikes. Ragheads, chinks, spics, beaners, pakis, chugs, city-slickers, yanks, rebs, wops, hicks, and even fat people, etc., could also repent of their unrighteous indifference to the plight of their own kind.
Al and Jesse, please help us.
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Matt Chandler, head pastor of The Village Church, Dallas-Ft. Worth. It’s a New Calvinist mega-church. He’s 40 years old. His mentor is John Piper. President of Acts 29 for the past three years.
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ahh… thank you. So where are the Neo Calvinist getting their “Blame White people first?” doctrine. We got this same treatment with the “White” Hispanic George Zimmerman/Trevon Martin conflict.
Where is the proof text? Neo Calvinists go to the bathroom by proof texts so there has to be one.
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I learned to ice skate on Wabash pond. Learned to swim at the community pool. Watched fireworks at the park every year. Went to summer programs at the same park. Walked through Jeske Park every day at age seven to walk the mile to school for years. Played in the creek. Walked and hitch hiked all over as teenager. Know every street by heart. Graduated from the high school. Had any babysitting job I wanted . . . in the sleepy suberb of Ferguson. –sigh–
We were poor. Nine children in about 1100 square feet. Started working an office job (20 hours a week) at 16 while I finished school. Started buying my own clothes at age 12 when I started babysitting. Bought my own car at 17. Moved out at 18 and supported myself. Now some people consider me a person of privilege . . . because I worked to get what I wanted? I just don’t get it.
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Pearl and Carmen it is a plight I must so endure! 🙂
Yes Pearl Ben Carson is a good man and hope he makes a run for office.
This “race war” is really so ridiculous and predictable- these guys in DC are just picking the flavor of the month and this months flavor is race baiting (fudge and vanilla or Neapolitan). Last month was Hispanic month- poor illegal immigrants (Mexican Fried Ice Cream). Next month, we will be back to either guns or femme fatales (Pink Bubblegum). In October it will be homosexuals turn and maybe a few more states accepting gay marriage. The only reason for all this is to shore up votes and maintain their power base. Obama and his minions could care less about any of these groups and use them to further divide people; such a waste to even give attention to the media anymore. The media knows that bad news gets attention and they are in panic mode because many are tuning them out, so they are just ramping it up to keep these so-called issues in the forefront.
There is NO major “race issue”- it is a made up crisis that keeps running anytime they feel the need to keep “their people” in check. Throw in a shooting of a kid by a police officer and some habanero sauce!
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A black preacher rant went viral on youtube. He is as sick of it as many are. His answer? If the policeman asks you to step to the side walk then step to the sidewalk. He rants about black sell out to Jesse and Al, etc.
I think his name was Jonathan Gentry or something like that. He was interviewed on Fox and sounded articulate in the interview. But not on the rant. Yet it went viral.
http://conservativevideos.com/2014/08/black-pastor-goes-epic-rant-ferguson-rioters-sharpton-naacp-obama/
Now I am all worried for his safety. Sigh.
Thing is now we will never know what happened and how it came down because an independent investigation is impossible if you want to keep your job or not be a target. . I would not be a policewoman for all the tea in China.
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Bridget I can relate. We had to earn everything. I babysat at 12. First job at 14 rolling silverware in a pancake house then chief coffee pourer, worked in a clothing boutique at 16. Bought my own car, had to pay own insurance and gas….and put myself through college. Worked 2 jobs all through college. Have no idea how I did it. I just did.
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John, another piece to the puzzle is the friendship between Chandler and Dr. David Platt. Both are important New Calvinist Southern Baptists. By the way, I found a Christian Post article on Matt Chandler from 2012 where he was talking about “white privilege”. This isn’t a new thing with him. Chandler is 40 years old, having started at The Village Church 7 years ago.
Dr. David Platt ( age 35), senior pastor at the mega-church,”Brook Hills”, Birmingham, Alabama. Brook Hills has a three month membership class with 75 pages of homework. It’s been reported by members that Platt is not interested in meeting anyone unless they have been on a missions trip. During sermons, his frequently occurring cracking voice is always on the verge of crying.
His book “Radical:Taking Your Faith Back From The American Dream” is very popular and used in youth group studies. The Radical Experiment is based on Matthew 28:19 and the story of the Rich,Young Ruler. Platt is a useful idiot, holding a Socialist/Marxist worldview. His book sounds a lot more closely related to “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” than “Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly sullies us with all things to enjoy” ( 1 Timothy 6:17).
Dara Harvey and her husband tried to live the radical life and Harvey’s husband’s positive email is included in the Radical book, but they ended up exhausted and left the church. “The message I heard Sunday after Sunday was “You’re not a Christian, you’re not saved, you are offensive to God, if you’re not (1) going on an overseas missions trip every year, (2) downsizing your house, no matter how small it already is, and/or (3) adopting babies from other countries.”
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Carmen, I heard about the Harvey’s on an obscure blog a while back. It was the first crack in the armor of David Platt’s method I had heard mentioned anywhere. he is the darling of the SBC Reformed crowd. While he was preaching the Gospel of downsizing, moving to the ghetto and mission trips, he was a sought after speaker all the circuit. It is very hard not to be conceited in that world. He is a lot like Piper in passion dept.
I wish there were more on the Harveys because they had a good message of warning because they were in his book. Do you have any links?
Adopting babies from other countries is a good thing however, it became a status symbol at some megas. It got to the point we started calling them “designer babies”. You were in the inner ring if you had a designer baby. But I also noticed none of the mega church pastors in that movement were adopting them. Just teaching others to do it.
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Lydia, can’t get the link to work but google “glen’s blog a critical review of david platt’s book” and the article will show up at the top of the page. Dara Harvey left personal comments and by clicking on her name it takes you to her profile. Perhaps you could add her to your circle and contact her?
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Lydia, we do know what happened. There was a video recorded at the scene after the shooting had just occurred. Brown’s body was laying on the street and hadn’t been covered by a white sheet. His mother was screaming for someone to help him. The area was taped off but people were standing around the entire area. Two black young men were talking to each other, and one was explaining what happened.
Michael Brown double backed and was charging at the officer when the shooting occurred. This was self-defense. The video is now private.
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