A few weeks ago the New York Times carried a small but interesting article about a change in America’s population; it noted that there was a rising trend in the number of persons who described themselves as multiracial. In fact, certain types of multiracial groups, such as Black and Asian, had actually tripled over the past 15 years.
There was probably a time when some of us saw multiracial couples and persons as singular; however, now they are not. The Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia held that states could not ban interracial marriages; that was 1967, almost light years ago in our way of thinking. By 2019, 11 percent of all married Americans had a spouse of a different race.
And this is not just in large cities. In the heartland, we also see racial blending. The real difference is in age, with 19 percent under 18 identifying as multiracial while only 6 percent of persons over 65 identify as such. Our old imaginary lines are breaking down; what counts is character and our acceptance.
Prayer for the Day
Needing rivers in the deserts of our hearts
God of all blessings, we come thirsty for you;
Searching for your grace to well up in us as water from a spring
We ask for tenderness of heart and strength of soul.
Choose us this day, gentle God, and we shall be chosen,
So our hearts are full witnessing to your love.
In the name of the One we follow,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King in 1963 (1929-1968)
As a kid I understood that people were different colors, but in my head white and black and brown were like types of chocolate. Dad was the white chocolate, mom was the dark chocolate, and I was the milk chocolate. But we were all just chocolate.
Trevor Noah, television personality
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the Creator. In that renewal, there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free, but Christ is all and in all.
Colossians 3: 9-11