racist or not racist?

[delilah]

yesterday as most of you all know was martin luther king jr day....and as an african american female i spent that day w/my black friends....i feel bad for the language im using but i dont know how else to say it........all of my friends got a text messege yesterday saying "in honor of martin luther king jr,punch the first white person you see....i laughed...i caught myself in the middle of my laugh b/c i felt like a racist .....because i laughed at the racist comment does that make me racist? please dont take any offense to the language i used....i feel bad already......

[Floatingaxe]

I figure it was the picture in your mind that was conjured up that caused a laugh within you. We think like the images we see in movies, don't we now? We have been conditioned by these irreverent and even sick images that are portrayed in movies and are touted as humour. We have all been tainted by them. Ask God to forgive you, and move on, dear!

[yomotalking]

yesterday as most of you all know was martin luther king jr day....and as an african american female i spent that day w/my black friends....i feel bad for the language im using but i dont know how else to say it........all of my friends got a text messege yesterday saying "in honor of martin luther king jr,punch the first white person you see....i laughed...i caught myself in the middle of my laugh b/c i felt like a racist .....because i laughed at the racist comment does that make me racist? please dont take any offense to the language i used....i feel bad already......

I'm not sure that is racist.....

[Scarletprayers]

We all have unwanted & unpleasant thoughts that pop into our heads, its what you do with them that matters. Do you act on them? Do you judge people by them and let it effect how you treat those people? Or do you catch yourself, are sorry for even thinking it and ask for forgiveness and help in not doing it again, then no, I don't think your racist, just human.

[billie]

What I'm going to say will probably get this thread moved to Controversial Isuues, but I'm white, and when I read it just now, I laughed.

However, I recall a time not so long ago that I read a dead cat joke, and got offended because I have a cat that was lost at the time. It touched a nerve.

Humor's a subjective thing. I once heard it said that a good comedian was one who could make you laugh at something that isn't at all funny.

I don't know if the message was right or wrong, or if we were wrong to laugh at it. I do know that if we feel convicted about something, then for us, it is sin, even if it isn't for the other person. With that in mind, I'd say the same thing as Axe up there. Ask God for forgiveness, repent, and move on.

[nebula]

Bless you, Delilah!

You are correct, the joke was racist. But take heart, you did catch yourself! That's the Holy Spirit working in your heart. He exposes the dross in our life so that it can be stripped away.

My guess is that you have some hurt feelings in your heart against "the whites" (and I have no offense to being called "white" ). This statement provoked it out. I can say this because I have been through this myself, only concerning a completely different subject matter, where the HS showed me I was laughing at something I should not.

So here is what you do. You confess your sin to the Lord and ask Him to purify your heart. If there is an offense in your heart, you need to forgive whoever it was that hurt you. I know that it seems unfair to forgive those that hurt you. But truly it is the only way to free yourself. God is just; He'll take care of disciplining the guilty. You have to trust Him in this.

And remember, "He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin."

So it is good that you realized what you were doing. OK, we all have hateful attitudes in our hearts towards somebody or some group that we have to deal with. So this doesn't make you a horrible person. OK? Thank the Lord for exposing the sin of your heart and take it to the cross.

Remember, racism is just a categorizing of hatred. It is no worse than any other form of hatred. It's all sin, and we are all guilty. Yet we are all redeemed by the Cross.

The blood of Jesus washes us whiter than snow. You confessed your sin, now receive the Lord's forgiveness.

OK?

The Lord bless you!

[yomotalking]

but I'm white, and when I read it just now, I laughed.

Alriiiiiight, alriiiiight!!!!

I laughed!

I CONFEEEEEESSSSSS!!!

[Guest stevej]

Bless you, Delilah!

You are correct, the joke was racist. But take heart, you did catch yourself! That's the Holy Spirit working in your heart. He exposes the dross in our life so that it can be stripped away.

My guess is that you have some hurt feelings in your heart against "the whites" (and I have no offense to being called "white" ). This statement provoked it out. I can say this because I have been through this myself, only concerning a completely different subject matter, where the HS showed me I was laughing at something I should not.

So here is what you do. You confess your sin to the Lord and ask Him to purify your heart. If there is an offense in your heart, you need to forgive whoever it was that hurt you. I know that it seems unfair to forgive those that hurt you. But truly it is the only way to free yourself. God is just; He'll take care of disciplining the guilty. You have to trust Him in this.

And remember, "He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin."

So it is good that you realized what you were doing. OK, we all have hateful attitudes in our hearts towards somebody or some group that we have to deal with. So this doesn't make you a horrible person. OK? Thank the Lord for exposing the sin of your heart and take it to the cross.

Remember, racism is just a categorizing of hatred. It is no worse than any other form of hatred. It's all sin, and we are all guilty. Yet we are all redeemed by the Cross.

The blood of Jesus washes us whiter than snow. You confessed your sin, now receive the Lord's forgiveness.

OK?

The Lord bless you!

Well Spoken nebula!

[Ovedya]

It's as racist as some calling Pearl Harbor Day "slap a Jap day."

[kittyjo]

Yes this is a racist joke, why?

This joke could be eaisly reversed.

If one was to change the day from MLK Jr. Day to Hitler's birthday and suggest hitting a jew or a black person, etc... Would it be a offensive then? Sure it would, so why is it any different with the white person being hit? It is reverse discrimination and we have become so immune to it, but is only serves to cause a greater divide between the races. Which is exactly what MLK Jr. was against. jokes like this demean the very efforts of MLK Jr.

MLK Jr. is popularly known in the fight for civil rights, but he was much more complex than that. He would not be in aliance with the Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton types that only serve to further divide people for thier own profit. He was a conservative, a Republican, a man of God who desired to elevate human rights to God's standard for all races/ethnic backgrounds... Not to pitch one against the other, I think he would be very disapponted.