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re you familiar with the word “racism”? If you are not sure what that is, let’s start with a definition. The simplest way to explain racism is that it is the idea that people with different skin colors, or who are from different countries and speak different languages, are not as good as other people and deserve to be treated unfairly and unkindly. That doesn’t sound very nice, does it? 30
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It’s not only not nice—it’s also wrong. Laws, practices, and personal attitudes that support racism are wrong. A person with white- or beige-colored skin and blond or brown hair is no better than someone with dark-brown skin and curlier hair, and the other way around. Someone who speaks Spanish is no better than someone who speaks German. Someone who speaks English with a British accent is no better than someone who speaks English with an Indian
accent. No one type of person is better than others. The problem of racism occurs in every country around the world. That’s what happens on a sin-filled planet. So what can we do about it? Jesus gave us wise advice in what is often referred to as the eleventh commandment: John 13:34. Did you notice? Jesus didn’t say anything about loving people who look like us or sound like us, or even worship like us. He just Illustration: Xuan Le
