tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post6710781243670107364..comments2023-08-11T10:04:41.498-05:00Comments on Sandalstraps' Sanctuary: Reflections on "Black" and "White" in ConeSandalstrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-982899789814360972007-03-29T08:14:00.000-05:002007-03-29T08:14:00.000-05:00Brian,The only response that I have is that what I...Brian,<BR/><BR/>The only response that I have is that what I'm trying to say is that while we cannot deny a historical connection between whiteness and oppressing others, if we as whites are ever going to stop oppressing others we <EM>have</EM> to deny a <EM>necessary</EM> connection. We have to build from the ground up a new way of being white which, while it does not deny the past or the Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-26074778939637898542007-03-29T00:43:00.000-05:002007-03-29T00:43:00.000-05:00That is, there is only one human race, if what you...<I>That is, there is only one human race, if what you mean by that is that homo sapiens form a singular species that is genetically stable across putatively racial classifications. However, the reality is that "race" as a tool of discrimination and oppression has never been JUST about skin color or any other specific set of biological characteristics.</I><BR/><BR/>If people of minority skin PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-83434561301699428822007-03-28T21:28:00.000-05:002007-03-28T21:28:00.000-05:00PamBG, you write:"Explanation: The word "racism" i...PamBG, you write:<BR/><BR/>"Explanation: The word "racism" is in scare-quotes because the thinking on this side of the pond, anyway, is that there is only one human race and discrimination is on the basis of skin-colour, not race."<BR/><BR/>It strikes me that the regnant thinking on this side of the pond is that there is only one human race. That is, there is only one human race, if what you meanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-65652326120722176742007-03-28T15:58:00.000-05:002007-03-28T15:58:00.000-05:00Explanation: The word "racism" is in scare-quotes...Explanation: The word "racism" is in scare-quotes because the thinking on this side of the pond, anyway, is that there is only one human race and discrimination is on the basis of skin-colour, not race.<BR/><BR/>The scare-quotes do not mean to imply that discrimination on the basis of skin-colour never happened.PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-71053786101378280102007-03-28T15:56:00.000-05:002007-03-28T15:56:00.000-05:00I can simultaneously see this approach as being bo...I can simultaneously see this approach as being both charitable on Cone's part - and I mean that genuinely - AND unsatisfactory in the end.<BR/><BR/>Ironically, the black congregation which I worshipped preached the message over and over that each individual is precious and beloved in the eyes of God and I think that, in the end, it's that simple.<BR/><BR/>Whilst I don't want to minimise by any PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-14621764341275539562007-03-28T15:11:00.000-05:002007-03-28T15:11:00.000-05:00Brian,I'll engage the rest of what you're saying s...Brian,<BR/><BR/>I'll engage the rest of what you're saying some other time - I <EM>just</EM> finished writing nine pages on Lamin Sanneh's <EM>Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture</EM> and so I'm more than a little bit drained.<BR/><BR/>However, I did want to respond to this, since it points me toward a comment I was going to leave as a kind of footnote to this post:<BR/><BR/Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-90096821053108490222007-03-28T14:38:00.000-05:002007-03-28T14:38:00.000-05:00Sandman, you write:"To say that Barth's work or Bo...Sandman, you write:<BR/><BR/>"To say that Barth's work or Bonhoeffer's work is not "white" theology, or to say that Reinhold Neibuhr's work "moves in the direction of blackness," is to say that white works that please Cone are really black works. Isn't this just what white culture did when "race records" or "rhythm and blues" became, in the work of Cleveland disc jockey Alan Fried, "Rock and RollAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com