Building better relationships between peoples of different races has always been an essential part of my faith (Baha’i). The process of race unity accelerated greatly when it was established in North America near the end of the nineteenth century.
As I grew up in a cosmopolitan city I naturally spent a great deal of time round people of different cultures and ethnicities. Working in medicine attracted a racially diverse work force and I eventually married someone from a very different culture and ethnicity.
Currently I’m part of a very multicultural faith community and our community works with our countries police force to sponsor the race unity speech awards each year. The writings of the Baha’i Faith see race unity as an essential element of creating peace in the world. The history of our faith wherever its been established as always had challenges bringing those ideals to fruition. Sometimes the Baha’is have fallen far short of the ideals promoted by the examples of our leaders.
I know that most other faiths these days place an enormous emphasis on not only overcoming racism but race unity as well. I thought it would be timely to hear each other’s stories about the challenges, successes and opportunities for building race unity whether personally or as part of a faith community. So a few questions to get us started:
How important is race unity to you and why?
How important is it to your faith community?
What are some of the steps you or your faith community have taken to foster race unity?
Has your faith community been racist in the past and had to overcome prejudice?
If your faith has scriptures, what do they have to say about race relations?
Any other comments?
Thanks for dropping by.
As I grew up in a cosmopolitan city I naturally spent a great deal of time round people of different cultures and ethnicities. Working in medicine attracted a racially diverse work force and I eventually married someone from a very different culture and ethnicity.
Currently I’m part of a very multicultural faith community and our community works with our countries police force to sponsor the race unity speech awards each year. The writings of the Baha’i Faith see race unity as an essential element of creating peace in the world. The history of our faith wherever its been established as always had challenges bringing those ideals to fruition. Sometimes the Baha’is have fallen far short of the ideals promoted by the examples of our leaders.
I know that most other faiths these days place an enormous emphasis on not only overcoming racism but race unity as well. I thought it would be timely to hear each other’s stories about the challenges, successes and opportunities for building race unity whether personally or as part of a faith community. So a few questions to get us started:
How important is race unity to you and why?
How important is it to your faith community?
What are some of the steps you or your faith community have taken to foster race unity?
Has your faith community been racist in the past and had to overcome prejudice?
If your faith has scriptures, what do they have to say about race relations?
Any other comments?
Thanks for dropping by.