Sunday, November 15, 2009
Studddds
The story of C.P. Ellis is a story of reconciliation and redemption that sticks out like a sore thumb in the society from which Ellis came due to his willingness to change himself. Ellis used his natural human ability to reason in a way that none of his family or friends ever would, and even more importantly acted upon that reasoning. However, I don't believe his method of change necessarily can translate to a total overcoming of racial and other types of misunderstanding. This is because his change of heart was more of an internal decision. The vast majority of bigots and racists in America do not have or refuse to acknowledge the existence of an ethical conscience about race. Therefore an internal change would almost be impossible and outside forces would have to come into play in order to have that type of effect on the people in question. However, Ellis's story is definitely credible due to the fact that he lived through a time where he actually associated with people who hate others more than any other group in the country and experienced things with them that set his story apart from most others.
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I got a different reaction from the story in that I trust inner changes more than outside forces. I guess I never really thought of it that way before. Now I see that one needs a mixture of both in order to ensure effective change in society. Good blog in displaying effective counter evidence to the story. 5
I agree with your credibility of his life transition. He is a human being worthy of forgiveness and he displayed that through his transition and election as chairman of whatever civil rights thingymajigger he was in. Though, bigots will be bigots and people just need to realize that. Kids these days just need to get over themselves.
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