Monday, April 30, 2018

For Some, "Celebrating Diversity" is Merely a Pretty Expression That One Uses to Signal Virtue

Mostly white parents don't want "low-income" children in their Upper West Side school.

The most liberal new priest I knew [in The Episcopal Church, that's going some] was being assigned to an urban parish with which I was familiar.  I told him he would enjoy it, as the congregation was mostly West Indian and that's a devout and faithful demographic in our tradition.

What was the response from this champion of the oppressed?  A surprised and somewhat panicked, "What's a West Indian?"