As the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) assembles
in Minneapolis this July
perhaps these words from another
American movie classic
will help with
perspective!
Wisdom from:
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
Tillie: Civil rights is one thing. This here is somethin' else.
Matt Drayton: [to Monsignor Ryan] You're a pontificating old poop!
Other words of note:
"We told her it was wrong to believe...that white people were some how essentially superior to black people...or the brown or the red or the yellow ones, for that matter. People who thought that way were wrong to think that way."
"But you never know. Things are changing. I have a feeling they're not changing anywhere else....as fast as they are in my own backyard."
"Maybe because it requires some special quality of effort...more consideration and compassion..."
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