Segregation and Spirituality
by Eric Stiens
It is not often in this country, even on public radio, that we hear frank and lucid talk about the structural forces that created and continue to maintain black ghettos in the United States. Sometimes, we seem too steeped in individualist rhetoric and moralistic judgements to talk about and begin to address the intentional and unintentional policy choices in this country that have created.
On PRI’s “Speaking of Faith” today, there was a one hour program with Dr. David Hilfiker, a affluent white doctor who has been living in and practicing medicine in inner-city Washington DC for two decades now. He talks about the structural forces that perpetuate racial segregation in this country, white privilege, and the deep religious conviction that injustices harm us collectively and spiritually.
Also, some very well-written and engaging listener reactions to the program.