Throughout history there has always been social injustices black and white. My sister had her newborn child taken from her in the 60s because she was a single mother, (white) she had no choice, she has grieved all her life.
I am so sick of this black white thing.

Wierd... in Malaysia the hottest selling 'ubat' is 'skin whitener' and in Australia its probably sun tan lotion....... makes u wonder.
The brown/black want to be white and the white want to be at least brown.

Stephen, the sad situation you refer to is a natural outcome of fallen humanity at its worst.
I have no idea about the attitude of 'church' people across the board, but I do know one thing, when people are renewed in Christ, and transformed in their minds and hearts, skin color does not exist.

In Australia, there is probably a degree of defensiveness on the part of guilt ridden people. Why 'no blacks' ? probably because they were demonized and de humanized in the white media or conversations of those who had the most to lose by recognizing the humanity and dignity and value of Indigenous people.

Of one thing you can be a million percent sure, if the whites were black and the blacks were white, and the roles were reversed... do you seriously think it would be any differnt ?

Its not a 'white' problem its a human heart problem.

You are referring to the symptoms.. I diagnose the problem as 'Original sin' and suggest a visit to Dr Jesus for all of us to receive the cure.. forgiveness and renewal at an individual and collective level.

Where we see Christians straying and erring from Christ, by all means give them/us/me justified flack, but don't blame or criticize Jesus, he has given us the enabling, its ours as much as we want it.

Not that your article blames Christ, but continually re-diagnosing the human condition without looking for the only ultimate cure will be fruitless.

As I said in another thread, Rosa Parks of black civil rights fame, said of a group of white Christians she encountered in the Appalachain mountains "At last I've found some white people I can trust"

I'm sure most here could provide some 'been burnt by a Christian' story, including me, it doesn't change Christ.

Good comment Boaz,

Stephen,

In the suspended church and Mar Guirguis in Egypt early portraits of Jesus show a dark brown Jew in Palestine, with dark eyes and dark curley hair. These are the first and early pictures of Jesus: a typical middle eastern looking man.

Maybe it would have been a better cause for Dan Brown to break the myth of the 'blond blue eyed' which mysteriously appeared 5-6 centuries later.

Peace,

Fellow_Human...

Blonde? Blue-eyed?

Jesus Christ is certainly portrayed as a Westerner in traditional Western art, but almost always with brown hair, and usually brown eyes. Google Image Search will give you plenty of typical examples.

yes it does, but not like it used to be at all.

The glass can be half full, look how far we have come when we look at the atrocities of the last 200 years.

Racism is leaving us as the global village phenomenon becomes prevalent, and races intermix.

We used to hate eachother because of being catholic or protestant, now in Australia we dont give a S#$T.

My best mates are Koori and white, we are like peas in a pod, and we love our differences as we are an eclectic group.

it could be alot worse, thank god we somewhat exist in harmony even though there is alot of bad blood from the older Koori generations who lived through the sixties.

To be quite honest, I don't see how Jesus can solve the problem of racism. We need real solutions rather than turning to a mythical figure for answers. In fact, I think you'll find that Christians have made racism worse in this country with their patronising attitude towards 'coloured people'. I'm sure I don't have to remind anyone of the 'missionary work' Christians have done in the past (and continue to do in the present) to turn local 'savages' away from their 'pagan' religions and adopt Christ, with severe consequences for those that deny Him. Christianity is responsible for destroying so many native cultures and religions that a lot of our problems and attitudes can be traced back to it. The problem of racism is a difficult one to solve with no easy short term solutions.