Rev. Mathis stated nearly the same exact problem as the article of the French. He said, "I think it is both historical...within a political cultural economy...where that community are in connection to the larger sphere...."
I am more than confident he and the author of the French article have never met, yet, they are both touching on a form of cultural isolationism. In the USA it is sometimes called segregation, but, is it more than that?
March 27, 2015
By Ed Stannard
NEW HAVEN - Americans of all backgrounds (click here) need to look at the events and issues of our time “through the lens of race” if we are to get beyond our divisions, according to the Rev. William Mathis.
Mathis, who met with the New Haven Register editorial board this week, said responsibility for a conversation about structural racism and bigotry lies with all groups, and should not happen just when a racially charged incident occurs.
Mathis is pastor of the Springs of Life-Giving Water Church on Sperry Street. He also runs a nonprofit called WLM Ministries, has worked with U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and graduated from Harvard Divinity School. He is former director of Project Longevity, a federal, state and city program to reduce gang violence, which he said he left because of “philosophical differences.”
“I’m challenging all of us in our individual lives, in our collective lives, in our professional lives, to begin to view the experiences and issues of our time through a lens of race,” Mathis said....
I am more than confident he and the author of the French article have never met, yet, they are both touching on a form of cultural isolationism. In the USA it is sometimes called segregation, but, is it more than that?
March 27, 2015
By Ed Stannard
NEW HAVEN - Americans of all backgrounds (click here) need to look at the events and issues of our time “through the lens of race” if we are to get beyond our divisions, according to the Rev. William Mathis.
Mathis, who met with the New Haven Register editorial board this week, said responsibility for a conversation about structural racism and bigotry lies with all groups, and should not happen just when a racially charged incident occurs.
Mathis is pastor of the Springs of Life-Giving Water Church on Sperry Street. He also runs a nonprofit called WLM Ministries, has worked with U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and graduated from Harvard Divinity School. He is former director of Project Longevity, a federal, state and city program to reduce gang violence, which he said he left because of “philosophical differences.”
“I’m challenging all of us in our individual lives, in our collective lives, in our professional lives, to begin to view the experiences and issues of our time through a lens of race,” Mathis said....
