But that got me thinking about my own neighborhood, so here are some fun stats:
Overall population:
White 51.3%
Black 19.8%
Hispanic 20.0%
Asian 3.9%
Native 1.8%
Other 3.2%
Under 18 population:
White 13.6%
Black 37.5%
Hispanic 37.9%
Asian 2.9%
Native 2.4%
Other 5.7%
Man this will be interesting to check out for other neighborhoods in Minneapolis tomorrow...
the most fascist place in America. A place that votes similar to Iraqi "elections" under Saddam Hussein that is mostly populated by zealots who salivate over murdered Palestinian children and want to massacre Iranians? Terrible terrible place. And that's not even getting started on their views on women...
Overall population:
White 75.0%
Black 1.1%
Hispanic 13.0%
Asian 9.7%
Native 0.1%
Other 1.1%
Under 18 population:
White 86.3%
Black 0.4%
Hispanic 7.6%
Asian 4.8%
Native 0.1%
Other 1.0%
here's to the future
just for the record
in my NY Jewish Congressional district the overall white population% is 62.5% and the under 18 white % is 61.4%
In my mostly Catholic SI + Rockway district the overall white population% 66.5% and the under 18 white % is 53.6%Do you think this is supposed to bother me? No it does not. This is more people in the world who are loved by God, and I hope they come to know Christ, just as those born into the Somali Muslim communities here and Asian Buddhist communities across the country (just as one of the pastors at my church did, she comes from a Vietnamese Buddhist family.) Because there is nothing greater! The Iranian clerical regime actually considers Christianity one of their greatest threats, because it is surging amongst the youth.
Look man I see a lot of consuming sin within you, particularly that of the heterosexist variety. I don't say that as an accusation because I'm not really any better. I too had to struggle a long long time with a lot of the anger and bitterness I see you with. But I was FREED of all of that through Jesus Christ. But I no longer see the world in the categories like you do. I get you've no doubt been yoked in legalism your whole life. It reminds me exactly like those Pharisees who kept condemning and arguing with my man. Today's sermon mentioned the part in Mark when Jesus healed a "demon-possessed" (likely actually epileptic based on the symptoms, as the pastor noted) boy, after the boy's father begged everyone else including various religious leaders who ignored him and just argued about trivial things. That law is exactly what Jesus came to bring down! And then you can realize the point of my statement. God loves the Iranians and Palestinians just as much as God loves the residents of Borough Park. Many Jews realize this too (no, you can't just exclude liberal Jews and pull up "No True Scotsman" again.) Unfortunately within BP this is largely not the case and too many there have fallen into the pit of the hatred that people like Dov Hikind and Meir Kahane promote. But that does not mean that they are not loved and can not be freed through Christ just as the people in Hamas can and the people being freed in Iran are now. Let's turn to the way of Jesus, not of Hikind or Ahmadinejad. You can do it too. Just ask God to show you your prejudices and free you of them, just as He did for me. And there will be much rejoicing!
