{"id":10,"date":"2005-03-02T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianmashburn.net\/?p=10"},"modified":"2005-03-02T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-02T19:22:00","slug":"social-justice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianmashburn.net\/?p=10","title":{"rendered":"Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mobile-post\">\n<div>\n<p class=MsoPlainText><font face=Arial size=2><span  style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">I met a guy named Alvero this past  week. Alvero stood in my office telling me about how he has spent the last years  feeding hungry orphans in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =  \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region  w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Zimbabwe<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. He&#8217;s  having to leave there, now, however because he is white, and where he lives, any  black man can come and take any of his possessions that they want at any time  they want. Alvero would stay, if it was just himself, and might even with just  his wife, but he has a young son and daughter living there, too. In the  neighborhood, the black boys taunt his son by saying, &#8220;My dad can come take your  dad&#8217;s house anytime he wants!&#8221; The spirit behind it seems to run a little deeper  than the &#8220;my dad can beat up your dad,&#8221; thing we threw around when I was a kid  in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\">Houston<\/st1:City>, <st1:State  w:st=\"on\">TX<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>.<\/span><\/font><font face=Arial size=2><span  style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoPlainText><font face=Arial size=2><span  style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">Alvero must leave, but there are  still hungry orphans there. We aren&#8217;t talking about a hungry that results from  missing a meal, we are talking about hungry that results from not having any  food, any day. My pantry is full of luxuries, and there is a child starving. I&#8217;m  hurting over this today.<\/span><\/font><font face=Arial size=2><span  style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoPlainText><font face=Arial size=2><span  style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">And the racism&#8230;we aren&#8217;t talking  about a community immaturity that results in insulting someone of another race  (although this is also horrific). We are talking about a government initiative  to run off people of a different race. I&#8217;m hurting over this  today.<\/span><\/font><font face=Arial size=2><span  style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoPlainText><font face=Arial size=2><span  style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">And the suffering of Alvero from  relocation&#8230;we aren&#8217;t talking about the &#8220;suffering&#8221; I did by having to leave an  incredible community of faith in Houston in order to join another incredible  community of faith in Amarillo. We are talking about the heart-tearing that must  come with a decision between helping with the suffering of hungry kids and  helping with the imminent danger of his own kids. 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