The
Scars
of
Racism
By: Dr. Christopher D. Handy, Ph. D.
This book contains the author’s opinions and facts resulting from countless hours talking with people on this ‘plague’ that continue to invade our lives.
The author’s intent is to enlighten, educate, instruct and motivate everyone to rid our society of this sore that continues to fester, and if we are not proactive, one day it will erupt.
Racism is a learned behavior. If you don’t believe it, just watch little children and the way they interact before being taught by parents and others the differences between the races. For it was Jesus, the Son of God, who said that before we can get into heaven we must be as little Children, that is to stay humble, kind, quick to reconcile, loving, forgiving and caring.
The Scars of Racism
By: Dr. Christopher D. Handy, Ph. D.
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 Dr. Christopher D. Handy, Ph. D.
Smashwords Edition, License Notes
ISBN: 978-1-4658-8083-3
Dedication
To my God who has given me the insight to proclaim to all that it is He who made us (all people) in his likeness (Spirit). In Him, we are all one.
To Africans our ancestors who died on the passage to America and other destinations; especially to all of those who were martyred for civil rights and the freedoms of this nation.
To all people of color everywhere who have had the misfortune of experiencing unjust and cruel treatment based solely on their race.
To those people who are representatives of all races, especially the Caucasian race who are striving daily to end the horror of Racism and make the world a better place for all people.
Acknowledgements
I chose to acknowledge all those individuals who have influenced and shaped me, I would like to thank them all and say God bless you.
Foreword
The Bitter Pill
An ugly remembrance: this I will never forget. A while Assembly of God minister visited my parent’s home periodically over the years. One thing the minister would say every time he did visit my Father’s home in discussing his dealing with some man in the town of his and my father town of residence. This he would say “I treated him like he was a white man.”
Obviously he believed a white man deserved special consideration. One should treat a white man better and more justly than he rerated an Indian, a Mexican, an African-American or of an assorted lot of minority persons.
This ignorant vacuous statement is the slogan supreme of these 50 states. Most white Americans believe that there is a “white privilege” to be associated to persons of Anglo-Saxon Physical description.