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Does Skin Color Matter?
Recently I have watched the Tiger and Elin Woods saga and I am grieved for what she is going through. Having five sisters myself I would not want any of them to be in her shoes. What I found interesting was that his choice of women, all white. Mr. Woods have never publicly embraced this part of his heritage. Black folks love to recognize those who remotely look like them like we do with Kim Kardashian and Angelina Jolie.
The reason I was motivated to write this letter was Tiger’s choice of women. There are many interracial couples in this country that live happy lives. I have visited many countries in my travels where it does not matter what color you are in, but in the U.S. it matters. My brother with a group of co-workers travelled to a small town in Louisiana on assignment. Two of his co-workers, a black man and a white woman, decided to eat lunch at a local restaurant. When they entered the establishment the patrons there began to stare. After they were seated and placed their order every patron began to leave without even finishing their meals. By the time the two were half way through their meal they were the only ones in the restaurant, except for the employees. This was just a reminder of where we are and race does still matter in this country.
I don’t know if Mr. Woods’ choice of women was based upon a natural attraction or a dislike of his own color, honestly I don’t care. Who you choose to be with is your choice and I am not trying to be a Tiger hater. In fact, I hope that he repents of his transgressions and renew his marriage to his wife and kids.
Those of us, who believe in God, believe that He created man and woman. If you who follow the bible there is no where does God prohibit interracial marriages. In fact when Moses married the Ethiopian woman, God rejected Aaron and Miriam. God does not care about the race of the man and women just that they believe in the same God.
We shouldn’t care about the skin color or race of the person, but recognize the natural God given attraction you have for the opposite sex. Let the potential of love be the rule of the day for your choice and not a person’s race. Color should never matter to a Christian, but what is in their heart is what really counts.
I would love to hear your comments.
Ramon Roane
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Penny
08:26 AM on December 19, 2009
I agree that we shouldn't care about skin color but we know that as long as there are bigots out there there will be racism. Tiger Woods turned his back on African Americans by not acknowledging that he was African American. I hope everything works out for his wife because she really didn't deserve this but I have no sympathy for Tiger.
Unfortunately, race does matter. I disagree that Tiger Woods is not embracing his African American heritage, he is in fact mixed and has given his father much credit for his success in life. While I don't claim to know why his choice in women were white, I would look at it as positive that women of color were not playing the role of the other woman. Love and lust are very different, Tigers transgression appear to be out of lust and the choice of his lust were white women.
I pray the Tiger and his wife stay together. I do know with alot of black men they tend to go with women that are white or asian because it is easy for them. Black women only put up with so much and in time, they become a challenge to them. SOME Black men don't like challenges they want women to do as they say and that is it!
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Sharon
11:13 AM on December 22, 2009
You know I honestly believe there are always 3 sides to a story..the my side, the your side and God?s side of a story. As far as Tiger and Erin goes I always like to be objective. As a Christian female myself, each time I come across instances of cheating I ask look at the wife first..it?s true some men cheat by nature and am not saying cheating is ok?if I was to grant an opinion I would first look at her role in this..if a man cheats once they we?ld say he strayed or got caught up in a wrong decision but if it?s recurrent which there is still no proof to establish ..only based on assumption them I go back to the wife..was she a godly wife, did she create a peaceful atmosphere at home for her spouse? Believe me men are like kids and if you pamper most men or create a peaceful atmosphere at home your man will run home from work everyday just to spend time with you?.we as women get caught up in selfishness to a point where I believe our spouses end up straying into the wrong arms to get what we do not give them..Again I am no in support of what he did but I am saying we shouldn?t be caught up in judging someone one based on what the media portrays? we are all sinners and just because ours is not in the media does no make us righteous..we are only righteous by the blood of Jesus..good article my brother?
Shalom!! Sharon
Shalom!! Sharon
My heart goes out to the Woods family especially Elin. She was betrayed and deceived by her husband. It is obvious that Tiger prefers caucasian women. I don't know if Tiger's preference in women has to do with hatred of his Black American heritage. Only Tiger knows that. There are plenty of people that date outside their race exclusively. Do these people hate themselves and their heritage? Maybe a few harbor self hatred. The majority of people that date outside their race value not only themselves but others who are different from them. Yes, we are all different but in many ways we are all the same.
I have friends of various ethnicities and backgrounds. I value my friends not for the color of their skin but for their friendship.
The bigger issues are Tiger's sexual addiction and his infidelity with so many different women. Mrs. Woods should get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Both Tiger and Elin should get tested for HIV.
I have friends of various ethnicities and backgrounds. I value my friends not for the color of their skin but for their friendship.
The bigger issues are Tiger's sexual addiction and his infidelity with so many different women. Mrs. Woods should get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Both Tiger and Elin should get tested for HIV.
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Brock
11:17 AM on December 23, 2009
Choice in mates has a lot to do w/ who you are exposed to & comfortable around! A man like tiger has since his high school & stanford yrs been primarily around whites hence his prefered mating selection! Its very similar to the pictures at the top of this page that send a message of "only blacks are welcome here"bc its all black faces next to christian. I find that most people are very limited in their thinking & are not very racially inclusive bc of their own insecurities!I will say most those insecurities are $,beauty,sex related.
Tiger has done a great job in lifting the black race just as Obama has,his infidelity though its a "sin" just as hate,adultery in the heart,gluttony,envy,stealing time from employer,burying talents etc The sin of adultery is quickly attacked bc its the one sin the majority of people have a sense of superiority about not committing not bc they wouldn't but bc they're not sexually desired by many others for $ & beauty & power reasons,so its not very difficult to avoid temptation but millions commit adultery in secret in their heart w/ romance novels,soap operas&pornography etc but that's an accessible sin & has no superiority w/ it so like gluttony its kept quiet amoungst majority! Yes I feel for any wife who's husband has publically shamed her like this & I feel this is Tigers biggest mistake!He clearly didn't want to be married w/ that many women on the side! But she's getting a $300 mil damage award soon to make a fresh start w/! This is more about the sin of envy from certain black women about white women getting Tigers resources/$ & & certain white men threatened sexually & financially by Tigers a black man! The rest who have an big issue w/ Tiger are just insecure some other way or see an opportunity to help tear Tiger down to make themselves more dominant! Thanks!P.s. There are several grammatical errors in your article!I hate to bring it up but this causes the appearance of low education-not intelligent stereotype that many blacks have worked hard to overcome to get ahead! Whatever race the appearance of intelligence is crucial & overall more importantly it improves the human race! Pretty good topic & article! It got my attention & I rarely post comments on boards! Thanks again
Tiger has done a great job in lifting the black race just as Obama has,his infidelity though its a "sin" just as hate,adultery in the heart,gluttony,envy,stealing time from employer,burying talents etc The sin of adultery is quickly attacked bc its the one sin the majority of people have a sense of superiority about not committing not bc they wouldn't but bc they're not sexually desired by many others for $ & beauty & power reasons,so its not very difficult to avoid temptation but millions commit adultery in secret in their heart w/ romance novels,soap operas&pornography etc but that's an accessible sin & has no superiority w/ it so like gluttony its kept quiet amoungst majority! Yes I feel for any wife who's husband has publically shamed her like this & I feel this is Tigers biggest mistake!He clearly didn't want to be married w/ that many women on the side! But she's getting a $300 mil damage award soon to make a fresh start w/! This is more about the sin of envy from certain black women about white women getting Tigers resources/$ & & certain white men threatened sexually & financially by Tigers a black man! The rest who have an big issue w/ Tiger are just insecure some other way or see an opportunity to help tear Tiger down to make themselves more dominant! Thanks!P.s. There are several grammatical errors in your article!I hate to bring it up but this causes the appearance of low education-not intelligent stereotype that many blacks have worked hard to overcome to get ahead! Whatever race the appearance of intelligence is crucial & overall more importantly it improves the human race! Pretty good topic & article! It got my attention & I rarely post comments on boards! Thanks again
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Brock
11:18 AM on December 23, 2009
Choice in mates has a lot to do w/ who you are exposed to & comfortable around! A man like tiger has since his high school & stanford yrs been primarily around whites hence his prefered mating selection! Its very similar to the pictures at the top of this page that send a message of "only blacks are welcome here"bc its all black faces next to christian. I find that most people are very limited in their thinking & are not very racially inclusive bc of their own insecurities!I will say most those insecurities are $,beauty,sex related.
Tiger has done a great job in lifting the black race just as Obama has,his infidelity though its a "sin" just as hate,adultery in the heart,gluttony,envy,stealing time from employer,burying talents etc The sin of adultery is quickly attacked bc its the one sin the majority of people have a sense of superiority about not committing not bc they wouldn't but bc they're not sexually desired by many others for $ & beauty & power reasons,so its not very difficult to avoid temptation but millions commit adultery in secret in their heart w/ romance novels,soap operas&pornography etc but that's an accessible sin & has no superiority w/ it so like gluttony its kept quiet amoungst majority! Yes I feel for any wife who's husband has publically shamed her like this & I feel this is Tigers biggest mistake!He clearly didn't want to be married w/ that many women on the side! But she's getting a $300 mil damage award soon to make a fresh start w/! This is more about the sin of envy from certain black women about white women getting Tigers resources/$ & & certain white men threatened sexually & financially by Tigers a black man! The rest who have an big issue w/ Tiger are just insecure some other way or see an opportunity to help tear Tiger down to make themselves more dominant! Thanks!P.s. There are several grammatical errors in your article!I hate to bring it up but this causes the appearance of low education-not intelligent stereotype that many blacks have worked hard to overcome to get ahead! Whatever race the appearance of intelligence is crucial & overall more importantly it improves the human race! Pretty good topic & article! It got my attention & I rarely post comments on boards! Thanks again
Tiger has done a great job in lifting the black race just as Obama has,his infidelity though its a "sin" just as hate,adultery in the heart,gluttony,envy,stealing time from employer,burying talents etc The sin of adultery is quickly attacked bc its the one sin the majority of people have a sense of superiority about not committing not bc they wouldn't but bc they're not sexually desired by many others for $ & beauty & power reasons,so its not very difficult to avoid temptation but millions commit adultery in secret in their heart w/ romance novels,soap operas&pornography etc but that's an accessible sin & has no superiority w/ it so like gluttony its kept quiet amoungst majority! Yes I feel for any wife who's husband has publically shamed her like this & I feel this is Tigers biggest mistake!He clearly didn't want to be married w/ that many women on the side! But she's getting a $300 mil damage award soon to make a fresh start w/! This is more about the sin of envy from certain black women about white women getting Tigers resources/$ & & certain white men threatened sexually & financially by Tigers a black man! The rest who have an big issue w/ Tiger are just insecure some other way or see an opportunity to help tear Tiger down to make themselves more dominant! Thanks!P.s. There are several grammatical errors in your article!I hate to bring it up but this causes the appearance of low education-not intelligent stereotype that many blacks have worked hard to overcome to get ahead! Whatever race the appearance of intelligence is crucial & overall more importantly it improves the human race! Pretty good topic & article! It got my attention & I rarely post comments on boards! Thanks again
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Carrie
10:35 PM on April 08, 2010
There are absolutely no grounds in either the Old Testament or the New Testament to prohibit interracial marriages.
Thankfully, God does not judge humans by external appearances. Though humans have a tendency to judge people by how they look, including skin color, God is not that blind and judges the heart. The beauty of God's judgment is that he is "no respecter of persons" (Acts 10:34), and thus we are to judge the same way(1 Timothy 5:21; James 3:17).
God has created all things, including the color of our skin (Genesis 1-2). We all come from the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. The apostle Paul taught the same when he declared that God created all things, that He is the Lord of heaven and earth, and that He made all nations from one man, Adam (Acts 17:24-26).
Sometime after Adam and Eve fell, God established a covenant with Abraham. This covenant was intended to be international in scope -- irrespective of cultural boundaries or skin color, that through Abraham's offspring ("seed") all the nations of the earth would be blessed (Genesis 12:1-4).
The prophets of the Old Testament longed for the time when both Gentiles and Jews would stream unto the Lord, when the Messiah would be a light unto the Gentiles as well as the Jews, when God would pour out his Spirit on all peoples (cf. Psalm 2:7-8; 22:27-28; Isaiah 2:1; 42:6; 49:6; Joel 2:28)
These hopes and promises have been fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
The apostle Paul tells us that the promised seed of Abraham was Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:16). The beauty of the ministry of Christ is that in him there are no barriers between Jew and Gentile, slave and freeman, male and female (Galatians 3:28); there is neither circumcised or uncircumcised, Barbarian or Scythian in Christ (Colossians 3:11). And those who become followers of Jesus are part of Abraham's seed and heirs of His (Galatians 3:29).
On the day of Pentecost, God began to pour out His Spirit on all people (Acts 2; Joel 2:28).
The early ministry of the apostles was hindered to the extent that they failed to see that Gentiles were to be accepted into the body of Christ, without being converted to Judaism first (Acts 10:14, 28; 11:2-3, 8).
But God himself confirmed this fact through mighty works among the Gentiles (Acts 10:3, 11-13, 19-20, 22b, 30-33, 44-46; 11:5-10, 13, 15-17). The church responded to God's work and will with obedience, acknowledging joyfully the full inclusion of Gentiles into the body of Christ (cf. Acts 11:18). Philip even baptized an Ethiopian man, who was probably black (Acts 8:26).
Oh, and if you recall, in a heavenly vision, the apostle John was able to see clearly the plan of God fulfilled. Here, before the throne of God and the Lamb, in heaven, a great multitude was standing arrayed: they were from every nation, tribe, people and language (Revelation 7:9). This inspiring scene accords perfectly with our Lord's greatest commission, "go and make disciples of the nations" (Matthew 28:18).
So, we have seen that there is no prohibition against interracial marriages in the Bible. We have also seen that God's plan of salvation includes drawing his people from every nation, tribe, people and language.
May we have this same desire, avoiding all forms of racism and ungodly prejudice.
Thankfully, God does not judge humans by external appearances. Though humans have a tendency to judge people by how they look, including skin color, God is not that blind and judges the heart. The beauty of God's judgment is that he is "no respecter of persons" (Acts 10:34), and thus we are to judge the same way(1 Timothy 5:21; James 3:17).
God has created all things, including the color of our skin (Genesis 1-2). We all come from the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. The apostle Paul taught the same when he declared that God created all things, that He is the Lord of heaven and earth, and that He made all nations from one man, Adam (Acts 17:24-26).
Sometime after Adam and Eve fell, God established a covenant with Abraham. This covenant was intended to be international in scope -- irrespective of cultural boundaries or skin color, that through Abraham's offspring ("seed") all the nations of the earth would be blessed (Genesis 12:1-4).
The prophets of the Old Testament longed for the time when both Gentiles and Jews would stream unto the Lord, when the Messiah would be a light unto the Gentiles as well as the Jews, when God would pour out his Spirit on all peoples (cf. Psalm 2:7-8; 22:27-28; Isaiah 2:1; 42:6; 49:6; Joel 2:28)
These hopes and promises have been fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
The apostle Paul tells us that the promised seed of Abraham was Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:16). The beauty of the ministry of Christ is that in him there are no barriers between Jew and Gentile, slave and freeman, male and female (Galatians 3:28); there is neither circumcised or uncircumcised, Barbarian or Scythian in Christ (Colossians 3:11). And those who become followers of Jesus are part of Abraham's seed and heirs of His (Galatians 3:29).
On the day of Pentecost, God began to pour out His Spirit on all people (Acts 2; Joel 2:28).
The early ministry of the apostles was hindered to the extent that they failed to see that Gentiles were to be accepted into the body of Christ, without being converted to Judaism first (Acts 10:14, 28; 11:2-3, 8).
But God himself confirmed this fact through mighty works among the Gentiles (Acts 10:3, 11-13, 19-20, 22b, 30-33, 44-46; 11:5-10, 13, 15-17). The church responded to God's work and will with obedience, acknowledging joyfully the full inclusion of Gentiles into the body of Christ (cf. Acts 11:18). Philip even baptized an Ethiopian man, who was probably black (Acts 8:26).
Oh, and if you recall, in a heavenly vision, the apostle John was able to see clearly the plan of God fulfilled. Here, before the throne of God and the Lamb, in heaven, a great multitude was standing arrayed: they were from every nation, tribe, people and language (Revelation 7:9). This inspiring scene accords perfectly with our Lord's greatest commission, "go and make disciples of the nations" (Matthew 28:18).
So, we have seen that there is no prohibition against interracial marriages in the Bible. We have also seen that God's plan of salvation includes drawing his people from every nation, tribe, people and language.
May we have this same desire, avoiding all forms of racism and ungodly prejudice.
The economic problems are eminence, but we must not be mislead by the wide variety of anti-administration entity's who are set to discredit all of the positive initiatives that have and are occurring with President Obama Administration. We the people of the Almighty God in the Name of Jesus Christ must be aware of the factual fact, that God anointed and made possible this Presidential Administration for no other entity can achieve what is taking place on the domestic and international arena. We know statically, numerically etc. by any means with just 37 million plus African Americans in the United States that being elected to the Presidency was an improbable measure, but as it was with king David, Solomon, Moses, Abraham, Debra, Jesus and Paul. God's Plan exceeds all and no force can stop the Plan of God, for God works in a mysterious way , unknown to men and women for his wonders to perform and we are in the midst of that mysterious period, whether you believe it or not, so surveys, research and analysis will continue and the forces will work to undo, but the fact is Jesus seat is at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and the wonders of this great Nation known as The United States continues to marvel the world for it's advancements and achievements in particular over the past 100 years which no Nation or Civilization in the History of Man and Woman Kind can come close to what God has given this Nation, every nation today is a copy or benefactor of God's new chosen people and republic 'The United States of America" a nation founded and grounded on the principles and statues of the Almighty God in the name of Jesus Christ.
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