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I mean, obviously it has to do with race, but am I in the wrong?

I'm part of the Christian club at my school and I recently joined the worship team. At one of the rehearsals, people were talking about joining the Gospel choir. I figured, since gospel is a genre largely associated with African Americans, it couldn't hurt to ask about the ethnic makeup of the Gospel choir. Now several weeks later, I was brought aside by the leader of the Worship team and she just now told me this confused her. They now feel hesitant about letting me lead Worship. I assured them I meant no offense and was deeply sorry, and I'm still a part of the team, but is being the only white person in a club not a valid concern?


Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:04 pm
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I was on your side until you said "concern".

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zwackerm wrote:
but is being the only white person in a club not a valid concern?


Why would it be?


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I was on your side until you said "concern".

Ha, I happened to read this comment before zwackerm's story. That anticipation for the turn in the story was great - would have never guessed it was going to be the last word


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Black Lives Matter.... so join the fucking gospel club zwackerm!

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"Worship Team" on a Christian Club for young people? Doesn't sound at all creepy and cult-like... Well, good luck and maybe *your* team garners the most worship points so you can win that trip to Bob Jones University ;)


Tue Oct 18, 2016 7:41 am
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Well, maybe concern is the wrong word. It wouldn't necessarily upset me, it's just that we live in a world where it's totally okay for other races to make white jokes. I was in a group in school once with an Asian and two Indians and they insulted my intelligence, saying that white people are a young race and lack the wisdom of their cultures.


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Well, maybe concern is the wrong word. It wouldn't necessarily upset me, it's just that we live in a world where it's totally okay for other races to make white jokes. I was in a group in school once with an Asian and two Indians and they insulted my intelligence, saying that white people are a young race and lack the wisdom of their cultures.


lol, for all their wisdom, they don't have much to show for it. :funny:

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Just STFU about race, Mmmk ?

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Yes, you are a racist.

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zwackerm wrote:
Well, maybe concern is the wrong word. It wouldn't necessarily upset me, it's just that we live in a world where it's totally okay for other races to make white jokes. I was in a group in school once with an Asian and two Indians and they insulted my intelligence, saying that white people are a young race and lack the wisdom of their cultures.


"Punching up" is the prerogative of minority groups.


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Oh well I got booted off the worship team at my Christian club. Oh well.


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What happened? :huh:


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:funny:

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They said I was not far enough along in my walk with Christ or some shit.

At least it wasn't because they thought I was racist!


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Maybe if you were a little more racist they would have made you president of the club.

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They kicked him because he is a white, womanspreading transgender.

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zwackerm wrote:
They said I was not far enough along in my walk with Christ or some shit.


:lol:


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Post Re: Is this racism?
How long were you with them this year? And do you go to church and what not?

PS, the first thing may not be intended as racist, but it's a rhetorical question that doesn't need to be answered and only puts you in a bad light.

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Yeah I go to church every Sunday and some other days to.

I was on the team for a year.


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I was on worship team for a couple years and hated it.

I dislike being around musicians in general.


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zwackerm wrote:
They said I was not far enough along in my walk with Christ or some shit.


...what? :funny:

Kicking someone out instead of helping them improve doesn't sound very Christian to me.


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Kicking someone out instead of helping them improve doesn't sound very Christian to me.

Is this your first encounter with Christians?


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the lesser evil wrote:
Kicking someone out instead of helping them improve doesn't sound very Christian to me.

Is this your first encounter with Christians?


Lol right. That's about as "Christian" (in actual practice rather than theory) as it gets.


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Well they said they were going to help me improve but I don't know what they meant.

I truly believe they meant well. They even prefaced the meeting with "we know this is going to hurt you, and it kills us to do this, but..."


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