Racial Prejudice Is Alive and Active

I watched the television video report in amazement as a South Carolina patrolman shot an unarmed Afro-American man in a service station's parking lot.  He was pulled over for not wearing his seat belt.  He was getting his driver's license out of his auto, as was order by the patrolman, when the shooting occurred.  This, along with news from many other cities, is continued evidence that racial prejudice is still prominent in our lives and nation.  There have been too many instances in which a black person has been dealt with unjustly.  Racial prejudice is too deep in the American DNA for us to dismiss it.  Our dealings and fears about immigration, such as our national response to the children from Central and South America, are additional evidence of our racial prejudice.  I pray that we a will have the wisdom and courage to admit and confess our personal and national prejudices so that healing can begin.  As a Christian, I wish our Churches weren't so silent.  I believe none of us are as innocent as we want to think.