The inadequacy of a "good heart"

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4. Eli Wiesel has it exactly right, she.. Thank you~

The issue today is that most racism doesn't depend on hate - but indifference. We are indifferent to the lives and perspectives of people who are not like us. That's what allows jurors to see things from George Zimmerman's perspective but not from Trayvon's. Its what allows Paula Deen to fantasize about a slave-themed wedding reception. There is no empathy for the black person's plight.

The vid of Jonathan O'Dell had me bawling The innocence of a six year old Jonathan on how to treat people and then along comes adults who set him on a path of indifference..

But, Thank Goodness for people like JO'D who had an awakening and are able to get passed their ingrained racism.

Smartypants is so brilliant to put all this together for us. And, this quote in the comment section she gave us from MLK~

"In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends."

It takes more than people having a "good" heart.. it takes a wise heart.

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