The Antidote to Racism

Today, I watched a very interesting film made in 1989 about the problem of racism in America. The

moral of the film was that racism exists in ALL people groups, but not all people in those groups are racist, now having shown this truth, them movie did not really offer any solutions to the problem.

Sadly, nearly 30 years later nothing has changed, in fact, things might be getting even worse because instead of acknowledging that racism exists in all groups, and condemning it no matter which group engages in it, predominantly leftist politicians and media, are blaming only one group for racism, the white people, so according to them it is o.k. to be racist against white person, but not against a person of any other ethnic group.

Don't believe me? Then pay more attention. Recently on Twitter someone posted a racist rant against "white people",  nothing happened. Then a person of Afro-American heritage posted the same thing, but  replaced the word "white" with "black." The post was promptly removed.

My point is not to say that ethnic minorities did not suffer more as a result of racism in America than the white people, but that we cannot fight racism by being racist. We all have to stop thinking of ourselves as part of racial group first. Placing group identity above any other type of identity leads to hate, racism, and violence that never stops.

The antidote to racism is thinking of ourselves as human first and treat all other people as such. We need to begin to listen to one another, and to respect one another's heritage. The Bible gave us a path to follow nearly 2000 years ago, when Jesus came to this earth to die for us all. God made all of us in His own image and because of that, we have to treat one another as equals.

It is time to stop playing the identity politics once and for all. Canadian psychologist, Jordan B Peterson, got it right, and we better all clean up our room. Next time you get to any heated debate about anything with anyone, remember that this person is human and worthy of the same respect as you are. Stop generalizing. Stop playing victim. Life is unfair, we all have our share of troubles, but Love does conquer all in the end. Focus on what matters. Let us work one person at a time to end racism. Racism is evil, no matter who engages in it, and evil can only be overcome by good. That is the end of my own rant for today. God bless Everyone.

State Mandated Values For Canadian Professionals?

Does it sound like something the government of North Korea would do or what? But the problem is

that it is happening and it is not happening in North Korea, but in Canada, a country that prides itself on the human rights and freedoms.

Millions of people have left their countries of origin in search for freedom from their homelands' oppressive actions, only to now wake up under oppression of different kind in Canada, a place that was supposed to be safe from such oppression.

So what happened? The lawyers in Ontario received a note that government of Ontario mandated on their profession's regulatory body basically asking them to prepare a statement of their personal values in order to continue practicing law. Their personal values now have to be in keeping with the government's vaguely defined values of diversity, openness, and inclusiveness.

it was a measure taken after reportedly a " systemic racism" was found in entire legal profession. The problem is that these findings have no credible basis in the first place, and accuse all lawyers of being racists by default. Now Ontario lawyers find themselves in a place where they have to "prove" that they are not racist just because they are lawyers. To say that it is unfair and even offensive id an understatement, and more worrying than that is where this could lead if this is not challenged and becomes a precedent.

Not too long ago an Ontario Law Society declared that they are not going to allow  the graduate of a British Columbia law school to practice because the school unlawfully mandated their students a certain code of conduct while studying there, but now the same body mandates certain values on all their lawyers and this seems to be O.K. to them.

Where this could lead if it allows to stand is in fact a secular form of inquisition where certain individuals who do not profess and do not wish to promote state mandated values cannot work in their professions despite the fact that they have professional credential and have spent  thousands of dollars for their schooling, and years out of their lives to get these credentials. This means that certain groups of people like Christians, for example, who do not wish to promote homosexuality or transgenderism would be banned from most professions thus being forced into lower classes of society.

This is  a direct violation of Canada's  Charter of Rights and freedoms, but the problem is that the judges these days are not required to simply make sure that the law is enforced, but they are free to interpret those laws as they see fit. It means that if anyone is accused of racism, or homophobia, the lawyers are required to automatically rule in favour of the offended party to "protect" their rights.

Dr. Jordan Peterson recently interviewed those in law society who decided to speak out against it and discussed the issue in more detail. I will provide the link to that discussion below. Please make other Canadians aware of this problem because if we don't stand against it now, we might not be able to recognize our own country in couple of decades...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGC3y1BPzwA