Racism, Part 3

This is the last I have to say on the topic. Perhaps I can find something less controversial for my next post.
The most obvious form of prejudice in America is based on race. Blacks are probably the ones who have suffered the most because of prejudice, but they are not alone. The Irish were targeted in the Northeast because they were considered stupid and filthy, until the Kennedys proved otherwise. Jews have been victims of bias in many places and at many different times. Chinese descendants were forced to work as railroad laborers because no one else would do the dangerous work or give them a job doing something else. Japanese citizens were placed in interment camps because they "couldn't be trusted". Mexicans and Latin Americans have been denied jobs because of stereotypes and prejudice.
America isn't alone in this hateful behavior. The Brits and the Indians, the Aussies and Aborigines, the Croats and the Gypsies... and ever so many more have hated each other and fought all because of race. But let's not stop at race. What about Catholics and Protestants, Christians and Muslims or Muslims and Jews, Republicans and Democrats, Shiites and Sunnis, Men and Women? It seems that for as long as there have been humans, we have tried to outdo each other and prove that I am better than you.
So you know I have to turn to Scripture now, right? What does God have to say about how we should treat each other? Well, of course, He says to love one another. Treat your neighbor as yourself. If you do not do these things you can't possibly understand or know God. (1 John)
But what if you have done those things, and you are still suffereing under the burden of prejudice and stereotype? Again, turn to Scripture:
Titus 2 tells how each group of people should behave, older men, younger men, older women, younger women, and then it ends with this gem. "In everything set an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us." Titus 2:7-8
In other words, don't be a pawn in Satan's scheme to turn us against one another. Let us each make a commitment to turn the tide of racism by giving no one a reason to prolong their prejudice.