The Real Reason for Racism

As I look around at the recent injustices done to two Black people and 74 protesters it has occured to me that this is less a skin issue as it is a heart issue. Although I realize that God's justice will come about, I also believe that it is our responsibility as a society to ensure that the justice we enact is rightly done. My problem is that Oscar Grant was clearly an innocent man and the little girl that was killed by mistaken police was clearly an innocent and senseless death. How do you pull the trigger on a little girl and show basically no remorse? This shows a clear deficit in the matters of the heart it is not enough to say that these actions are "racist" because that lets the root of racism off the hook, the darkened heart of man. It is easy to say that Whites abuse their power but it is harder to say why with a clear understanding about it. My thing is this: If it is only because they are White and have power to abuse, should not this happen much more frequently? Do not more Whites have power than Blacks? So in my mind this is not the clear answer, but a very attractive scapegoat. People find comfort in whatever conviently explains away the problem, but offers no solution. So it is easy as a Black male to say that these things happened because they were Black and the people who have done it were not, however this does not offer up any solutions. The ones pulling the triggers suffer from something deeper than simple racism, they suffer from a lack of knowledge about God and how God feels about ALL of His creations. Albeit racism may be a side-effect of this ignorance it is not the root cause for racism. The root of racism is a dark and evil heart. Something that we do indeed all share as a result of our human condition. It is not limited to one particular shade of people, but we all share this darkened heart. What is the cure for this evil? Understanding that Christ's sacrifice was not made for a group of people, but for all people. All of God's children suffered from delusions about sin. The Jews thought salvation was only meant for them, without understanding that God's plan included all of humanity. This is the delusion that died with Christ. Should not the delusion that justice is only for the rich or for the privliged die as well? Racism is not the reason, but only a symptom of the reason. Remember that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but principalities and powers and wickedness in the heavenly places......our fight is not with them, but the demons they allow to rule them.