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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
George Yancey, is professor at The University of North Texas, and the author of 14 books on race and religious bias. As a Black man and a Christian, he has experienced both. In his experience, there is plenty of bias from both directions, but in academia, the religious intolerance is much worse. “Things…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A survey conducted by Harris Interactive has found that prejudice may be closer to home than most people realize. The survey of 3,000 adults found that most people know their neighbors and don’t mind inviting them over, as long as they are not renters. The poll was designed to look at attitudes within…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
In a historic meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, in June 2012, messengers elected Dr. Fred Luter president of their convention. The election was historic, because he is the first African American president of the convention since its founding in 1845. Less than two months into his presidency,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 64 views
For instance, sports fans around the world can rely on one fact about their sport: the home team wins more often than the visiting team. A 2011 Sports Illustrated article concludes: "Home field advantage is no myth. Indisputably, it exists …. Across all sports and at all levels, from Japanese baseball…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
PREJUDICE In the fictional Star Trek universe, the relationship between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire paralleled the real world relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war era. Fear, lack of trust, and hate characterized the association. In…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Prejudice "Don't put that nickel in your mouth. Some nggr may have touched it." Not exactly what you'd expect to hear from a teacher, but it is my earliest remembrance of Sunday School. Throughout the years, I've learned that most people struggle with racism--even Christians. I know I do. Don't get me…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 28 views
MULTI/RACISM In his book, An Unstoppable Force, Erwin McManus writes, “Jesus came and destroyed the dividing wall that not only separated man from God but also Jew from Gentile. God is about destroying walls that divide. The church will gain traction in the multicultural environment when she begins to…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
TOLERANCE In an attempt to show tolerance and celebrate multiculturalism, Stanford University designed its curriculum, hired its faculty and set its policies for students around the theme of political correctness. The result was an abysmal failure. Two Stanford graduates, David Sacks and Peter Thiel…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Change The older I get, the more resistant to change I am. The other day I was saying to Susan, "I wish there was a drive-in theater around here so we could go to a movie." Never mind the fact that now we can see whatever movie we want by going to an indoor theater or renting one, both of which we never…