Racial divides exist throughout the whole world. Yet, they seem to exist in a particularly stronger and divisive way in the United States of America. In this first edition of our "racial reconciliation" series we are having a group discussion between three people of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds on some of the issues in America and beyond that cause racial bias, tension and division. The purpose of this discussion is the beginning of a movement that Norman Brown, Host of Pneu Pneuma, hopes to take to the nation to bring racial reconciliation, because Norman believes healing first starts with breaking (as in a bone being broken to be set correctly and heal correctly). The ultimate goal is to see racial divides torn down, first in the church and then the nation outside of the body of Christ.
This Discussion group consisted of:
Norman Brown: multi-ethnic male of Cherokee, European and African descent, an Author born in Baltimore, Maryland who also grew up part of his life in the Deep South where he experienced his first recollection of racial tension when a racial slur was yelled out of a car at him with the people driving by him (age 16). Ironically, that is also where he recalls his first positive interaction (age 8) with Caucasians at a church he attended between the ages of 8 to 12 years old.
Erika Piotrowski: multi-ethnic female of Irish and Polish descent, is a musician (guitarist) who was born in Ohio, but grew up in Virginia where there was an obvious racial divide, but in a home where they taught her to treat everyone well.
Justin Foster: multi-ethnic male of possibly Caucasian (unverified) and/or Native American and African descent, who is also a Christian Rapper, was born and reared in Baltimore, MD his whole life. Justin experienced a type of "internal racial tension" among those who were supposedly of his own "culture" and yet he was rejected and made fun of, which led to some identity issues as he grew up until he encountered Yeshua (Jesus).
