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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: COLOR (07/30/20)
Racism is as popular a notion today as social distancing, face covering, pandemic, protesting and rioting. That's because it's being used in a veiled attempt to control the societal narrative, thereby furthering brain-washing people into believing that we are all 'systemically racist.' The mission of these new groups is to take down America, just check their websites. How Ludacris is it to claim that all non-blacks are racist? I know I'm not.

But the best way to find God's answer to anything is go to the Word to see what the Bible says. And what does it say on this subject?
God's Word makes it clear, that He doesn't see color the way people do. We all come from a specific area in the world, which is our ethnicity and that's all. God does not say 'black' in reference to any person or people group in His Word:

"Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman."
(Numbers 12:1)

This verse speaks only of her ethnicity, not her color. That's because God only cares about our heart, not the pigmentation of our skin. The only reason blacks have darker skin than whites is because of where their ancestors were born. That's the only reason: so their skin can handle the heightened intensity of the sun, period.

It would seem that this calling people in accordance with their skin color was a bad plan from the start. Perhaps if society never did that, slavery may not have ever occurred.

Calling someone 'white' is somehow considered a compliment of sorts, while 'black' is actually derogatory sounding. When you really think about it, the color black represents darkness, which represents evil. There are a few other names general society could have attached to people of color, like African American, for example.

Perhaps one thing we can do in the fight against racism, is to stop using terms like white, black and brown, red and yellow to label people, to describe someone, sure, but not using these terms in such a way that defines them, as this appears to further the separation of God's people.

Inasmuch as God does NOT see people in terms of color, maybe we shouldn't either.

NKJV
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Marlene Custer 
08/07/20
A timely subject for sure. The word ludicrous should start with a lower case letter.
Barbara Culler 
08/07/20
My very first FaithWriters entry was on this very same subject! I was beginner level, and the topic was WHITE.
Sue Botte 
08/07/20
Your article has good content. I am always amazed at how people get ‘stuck’ on the black is ‘evil’ or represents darkness, whereas the root word for Lucifer is ‘light-bringer’ in Latin, the opposite of darkness, yet the very one with a double agenda. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
Mary LaFrance
08/07/20
I can appreciate your opinion about getting rid of the “labels” on people based on skin tones. Being called “white” however is not really a compliment these days. You are brave for tackling the racism tone we all see during the current state of mind in the world. God’s heart must be broken. Keep writing and God bless you.
Debra Brand 
08/10/20
It's sad, as a society, that we've been programmed to think in 'color'. I prefer God's way of thinking. Thanks for a timely entry.