We still, as a country, have to look at the larger question of the right relationship of Canada as a whole to the many First Nations and we are nowhere near saying sorry on the basis that Australia has. But I must buy this book, as it offers a completely new perspective on the ministry of First Nations and other members of the church's healing of the wounding of Canada's land and people after the (mostly British Empire, like Austrailia) colonists moved in.

We still, as a country, have to look at the larger question of the right relationship of Canada as a whole to the many First Nations and we are nowhere near saying sorry on the basis that Australia has. But I must buy this book, as it offers a completely new perspective on the ministry of First Nations and other members of the church's healing of the wounding of Canada's land and people after the (mostly British Empire, like Austrailia) colonists moved in.

I am working with others in our part of the World – Melbourne, Australia, to live out that Sorry that Jarrod mentions, and connect with our indigenous brothers and sisters with love and better understanding, as I believe it will not only heal the land, but the community and the World at large.

I may be wrong, but I believe the concept of 'White' was basically rooted in the idea of “not having darker shades of skin”. In other words, what bonded “white people” was an idea about what the relationship was of white people to black people.

i.e. The function of a white identity was not because we looked around and said–oh my, we are kind of alike; some other peoples are kind of one shade, we are kind of another shade. It was a function of a rather ruthless system of superiority.

We might be better off just to create a different word. Something like “meanbadugly”. We could use “meanbadugly” to refer to a corrupt power system based on race.

Then James Cone, and others, could attack “meanbaduglies” instead of “whites.”

And we could get rid of “meanbadugliness” instead of white people.

I guess the reason he chose to attack whiteness–is because this is the term that a group of folks created to differentiate themselves from others who were inferior and legitimate recipients of unjust, systemic evil.

In fairness to Cone–he is trying to get rid of meanbadugly–not white guy.

The problem with the “white” thing is that it usually has more value to us than we think it does. We can benefit from listening to our brothers and sisters who challenge the 'white' thing. We do not have to take it personally. We can use it to explore if the ways of thinking and being that have been woven into our ways of living have in any way corrupted our understanding of ourselves and others so as to bring dishonor to God.

It is like Christians being lumped in with inquisitors and crusaders… um newsflash, the inquisitors and crusaders may have professed Christianity, but by their fruit it is clear they were no Christians at all.

I was created white… I cannot help it, and being blamed based on skin color is also injustice, though obviously trivial in comparison to genocide. Nonetheless laying the blame on a people group solves nothing.

Racism will only end when we recognize there is only one race and it is called 'human'.

Much of the quotes could be applied to our treatment of Native Americans here in this country. Thanks.