It appears that nooses are popping up all over a America these days. But we don't really have a problem with race anymore, right? CNN will have a special addition tomorrow night that addresses this issue. I encourage people to get together, watch it and discuss it and then leave your reactions on this blog. If you can't watch it tomorrow (like me), find a way to record it. Go tell it on the mountain people and let everyone know so they can watch. Baha'is, I especially encourage you to watch this special. Racism: It ain't over yet! Read about The Noose here.
"No less serious is the stress and strain imposed on the fabric of American society through the fundamental and persistent neglect, by the governed and governors alike, of the supreme, the inescapable and urgent duty -- so repeatedly and graphically represented and stressed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His arraignment of the basic weaknesses in the social fabric of the nation -- of remedying, while there is yet time, through a revolutionary change in the concept and attitude of the average white American toward his Negro fellow citizen, a situation which, if allowed to drift, will, in the words of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, cause the streets of American cities to run with blood, aggravating thereby the havoc which the fearful weapons of destruction, raining from the air, and amassed by a ruthless, a vigilant, a powerful and inveterate enemy, will wreak upon those same cities."
(Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of Faith, p. 126)
8 comments:
Just saw a repulsive Halloween decoration in front of a house in the SOUTH. A man dressed in a plad shirt, jeans and work boots with a pumpkin head, hanging from a tree in a noose!!!!!
See what I mean Bilo? Hope you get a chance to watch this CNN special.
I don't have cable, so I'll be curious to hear other people's observations.
that is Sad Bilo.....I live in alabama and when I was a child I saw this routenely during Haloween and I thought it was harmless decoration and never realized how offensive it was until I became a Bahai...
We as world citizens need to be more careful when celebrating "traditional holidays"
I missed the program, unfortunately. Or maybe it wasn't. I spent Sunday and the better part of Monday in the warm and loving presence of Pearl, who is absolutely precious. I am going to blog about what I can of my visit, as soon as I stop joyfully levitating. Yes, I'm typing this an awkward position.
Like Malik, I would like to read an analysis of the "The Noose". My Dad mentioned it to me on Saturday morning. Maybe it will repeated. They usually do.
I missed out on this but I hope it gets replayed. What did they say?
I actually have not seen it yet but recorded it so that I can watch it this weekend. When I do I will do a Baha'i analysis of the content. Sorry if I had heard about it sooner I could have gave people more of a heads up!
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