THE DEATH OF RACISM - By Theron Hobbs Jr.

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As a victim and witness of various forms of ethnic prejudices, my heart never ceases to hurt at the existence of such moral depravity like racism. 

Many scratch their heads about how it can exist. 
The answer is sin, specifically a lack of appreciating the image of God in one another.

We assume the answer to combating ethnic prejudices is education. 
A popular thought is:

“If we educate people enough about one another 

then there won’t be ethnic prejudice."

No matter how much information you provide a person, it doesn’t change the heart.  
A rabid sports fan of a poor team who thinks his or her team is the best can be given all the statistics about how poor his or her favorite team is.  If the heart is fixated on a love for the team, then there is no information that will shake the person’s belief that his or her team is the best. 

Information is beneficial but change requires the unison of head and heart.

Ethnic prejudice is sin and information doesn’t cure sin, only the gospel does.  The gospel implores humanity to see each ethnicity as equally valuable and to uplift one another.  

God’s love to humanity through the cross of Jesus Christ was not restricted to an ethnicity, and as humanity seeks to imitate the Lord then ethnic prejudices will have no place on earth.