The Simpson verdict was a moment of truth. But today, looking back at it, perhaps we will see there was another aspect to that watershed experience that could turn out to be much more important in the long run. For, in recognizing the failures of sociology and the top-down bureaucratic directives of the civil rights era policies that have polarized the races we may find ourselves compelled to come back to more basic resources. If there is to be healing of the racial tensions in this country, it will not come from government, but through a new commitment to live by God s standards of reconciliation. It will come when we learn to forgive, to encourage one another, to speak the truth in love, and to assume the roles God ordained for us as brothers and sisters in Christ.
Partiality means showing undue favor for one person or group over another.
This view of impartiality was the foundation of the Great Commission. The book of Acts speaks of Peter s discovery that Christ had intended the Gospel for all men, regardless of race or culture. This was yet another epiphany for the headstrong apostle. The Social Legacy Social historian Christopher Lasch made a biting analysis of the legacy of modern liberalism and concluded that racial antagonism on both sides was facilitated and provoked largely by the failures of the liberal social programs that have devastated black communities and driven a wedge between the races. The social engineering initiated in the mid-sixties . . .