I read yesterday that saying we are all one human family is racist. I thought about that all day. I don’t know how it’s possible for someone to say that but I’ve come to the conclusion it doesn’t matter.
The statement was buried in a list that was supposed to outline “covert racism” – which likely made the one sharing the post unaware that it was even in there – and (quite obviously imo) attempts to sow division.
Why?
Because unification of the people does not serve the political powers that be.
“But Kelly,” you say, “don’t you know politics makes the world go round?”
Well I’m saying, maybe it shouldn’t.
Political branches are needed to help govern, yes, but it shouldn’t be a science in and of itself. When people look to politics for answers, the result is that the people become pawns of the game.
“Well what are we supposed to do then? I mean obviously, we need change!”
Yes, I agree. And nothing brings change like unity and love.
Remember my post about the spiritual impact of positivity? Well guess what side love is on…
At the start of every year, I tell my students, “I expect you to treat each other as brothers and sisters of the human race.” — Think about that a minute. Think about what lengths we are willing to go to protect defend our family. Therefore, if we consider the human race as our family, don’t you think that has the power to change the world?
Let’s consider for a moment Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Yes, politics was the vehicle by which the change he was fighting for was pushed through, but the movement itself was grounded in love. And before that movement, no headway was being made, which is why he started it. If you recall, the fact that this movement was so powerful also became the reason he was assassinated. The argument for human kinship was the one he made. If this approach in action does not make a powerful difference, why was he considered so dangerous as to necessitate assassination?
“Well,” you say, “how am I supposed to treat all members of the human race as my family? I already have a big family.”
By taking care of the people in your corner of the world. By doing “the next small right thing” (Nancy Lynée Woo). See an injustice being perpetrated against those near you? Speak up. Stand up. Do something to act against that injustice, on the behalf of those being wronged.
And if you’re an empath like me who’s easily overwhelmed by all the wrongs that need to be made right, and in looking at it all you feel you are too small to ever make a difference, ask God what he wants you to do and lay it in his hands. He will show you if you let him.
With politics, we can say, “Oh I don’t know anything about that,” and it gives us an excuse to ignore and move on with whatever makes us less uncomfortable, which only fuels more corruption ( because I don’t think there’s anyone who wouldn’t agree that our political system has become thoroughly corrupt).
But on the other hand, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t know about love. After all, there’s not much to know. You simply open your heart and it comes out.
What an amazing force we have been given to employ against evil and corruption. Will you stand with me and employ this force today?
