Comments on: Lift High the Cross http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/07/08/lift-high-the-cross/ We are Flesh-and-Spirit on a journey to Integral Unity with God. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Gregory Orloff http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/07/08/lift-high-the-cross/comment-page-1/#comment-6028 Gregory Orloff Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:45:12 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/?p=2833#comment-6028 I've lived in Florida for 33 years, and when cross burnings do occur here in the Southland (thankfully and hopefully, they're on the wane), they do make the headlines. It's dangerous to dismiss such manifestations of racism, regardless where they occur, as a mere "stereotype." (Stereotypes, of course, have some root in truth and reality, but are one-sided and exaggerated in what they choose to present.) As for the rest of the post, you make a good point. The North's hands are no less dirty than the South's when it comes to the way both treated slaves, immigrants and labor in general. I’ve lived in Florida for 33 years, and when cross burnings do occur here in the Southland (thankfully and hopefully, they’re on the wane), they do make the headlines. It’s dangerous to dismiss such manifestations of racism, regardless where they occur, as a mere “stereotype.” (Stereotypes, of course, have some root in truth and reality, but are one-sided and exaggerated in what they choose to present.)

As for the rest of the post, you make a good point. The North’s hands are no less dirty than the South’s when it comes to the way both treated slaves, immigrants and labor in general.

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]]> By: Fr. Greg http://raphael.doxos.com/2008/07/08/lift-high-the-cross/comment-page-1/#comment-6021 Fr. Greg Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:52:18 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/?p=2833#comment-6021 AMEN! AMEN!

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