Passenger #16 - A Person of a Different Race

Passenger # 16 – A Person of a Different Race

Decades ago, life was racially segregated in American schools and communities.  Neighborhoods and jobs were race-specific as reflected in capacity to ever move upward financially.  We can recall The Jeffersons breaking the mold and “moving up to the East side.”  But does God intend for us to be a segregated people of the haves and the have-nots? 

Times have changed and not changed.  Poverty and race have crossed those invisible boundaries but relations are still a challenge Christians must address in thoughts, words, and actions.

Passenger # 16 is a man of a different race who has walked this road as he came to America seeking opportunity.  He is intelligent and personable, holds a good job, and is starting to build some security for his family.  It is in ordinary interactions that he has the greatest struggles.  He simply feels as if he is seen as a threat to many others.  Comments and isolation drive this belief.  He is hoping that this trip will give him clarity of how he can change his perspective since he recognizes he has limited ability to change society.  Maybe the Driver or some of the passengers can help him to see life through a different lens.  He believes that if he can change his perception, he can pass that positive image on to his children.

 

Guiding Questions for comments: (Feel free to share anything of comfort each day)

1.       Christian believers profess to embrace social justice.  How do we show that as one of our daily beliefs?

 

2.       What messages do we unknowingly convey to people of different races?  Are our fears based on their dress, language, position, reputation???