dc Talk

When I think about racism one of the first places I always end up going to is the music of dc Talk. The three men who make up this band have spend the majorit of their 10+ years together talking about racial equality and the beauty of diversity. Even now, as they have, for the time being, split off into solo careers, each one still focuses a lot on this subject.

The started the E.R.A.C.E. foundation, which jingle was, "Colors don't hate, people do." Which is dead on.

However, the story that has touched my heart the most would be the father of the African-American in the group. Michael Tait's father, Nathaniel has been recorded on a few of their albums talking about racism, but this video blew them all away. We learn that if anyone had a right to be racist it was him. The Klan burned his house down and lynched his father. They beat him and the rest of his family. However, he never taught his own children to be racist.

"This hate stuff is for the birds," he said. He quoted John 3:16 and ends it by saying that nothing in that verse talks about color. Jesus is for all.

I touched me that so many today are racist for reasons that are completely insignificant compared to this man. If he won't hate because Christ wouldn't, then why should we?