Oppression and Privilege

Sunday, whether intentional or non-intentional, is arguably the most racially-segregated day of the week in America. Whether you attend worship services in a church located in the urban core, a suburban area, or in the valleys and hillsides along winding country roads, it is very likely that the parishioner beside you or across the isle is of the same race if not the same ethnic group.

If discrimination and racism still reign when it comes to hiring in certain industries in New York City, the supposedly symbol of America’s melting pot where different races and ethnicities “rub shoulders” on an hourly basis, then is there real hope that one day inclusiveness and equality will be a way of life in this country?

New York, New York, let’s spread the news…. But, what news? That as recently as yesterday, there was a public and blatant example, in perhaps the most racially and ethnically diverse city in the country, that shows racism stills runs rampant.