Racial Reconciliation : African American

Forgiveness is not just practiced by saints and not only benefits its recipients but have strong connection with person’s physical, mental and spiritual health. It plays a great role in the health of families, communities and nations. Forgiveness provides common ground for love, acceptance, harmony and true happiness Most spiritual and religious leaders of the world will agree that forgiveness of oneself and others is one way to clear the mind, heart and soul and may result in a feeling of increased peace and happiness.

Racial reconciliation can be defined as the bringing together of different races; or in other words, embracing diversity. The value of it in my life is immeasurable. I have been extremely blessed to grow up in a time and culture where I personally don’t experience much racism; where I am not held back from pursuing my dreams and passions just because of the color of my skin. It is absolutely crazy to think that if I was born sixty or seventy years ago, my life would be completely different just for the sheer fact that I’m Asian.

Also, understanding is the key to forgive someone regrets his immoral acts against you. The story of Albert Speer reveals the sorrow and compassion of one of the culprit find himself face to face with a victim. Mr. Albert was supporting the Nazis against Jews during the Holocaust. He acknowledged his responsibility and guilt for the mass crime. With the guilty verdict, he imprisoned for twenty years for his legal inhuman acts. When Simon Wiesenthal met him, Albert considered his eyes to find compassion and humanity inside (The Sunflower 246). Thus, I believe that when victim lets down the revenge, he also removes most of the barriers for a substantial correction. In the meantime, if you forgive, you can stop the stupidity of haters and prove that you are much stronger. Besides the world has a lot of evidence proclaiming that the desire for revenge disappears even after a long time of reciprocal violence, but only the people who forgive are the last standing. Overall, to forgive is to build bridges between victims and culprits for a healthy

Forgiveness and kindness take place when you want to move on from your past. Forgiveness is the first step towards healing. Two people are involved in the process of forgiveness and kindness and they both learn something from it. Showing kindness towards others, inspires them to do the same. When you forgive someone you accept the fact that humans do make mistakes. Forgiveness and kindness are beneficial for both parties and in “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Jones’ kindness helps Roger to become a humble person.

Forgiveness: the action or process of forgiving or being forgiven. To forgive means to stop being angry, stop blaming, or feeling resentful towards someone for either an offense, flaw or mistake. There is a difference between forgiving someone

Everyone has the control within them to forgive or not to forgive someone. Forgiveness comes down to taking responsibility for the choices we make and doing what we believe is right. By forgiving others, authority of our own lives can be regained by letting go of the conflicting objects from the past and moving into a more significant direction. The world today is full of conflict and people are being hurt every day. Conflict is seen today in politics, between countries, and between your average everyday people. Conflicts such as those listed above are often shaping the atmosphere we live in and shaping the person we are today. We can see that forgiveness is a place to start when trying to resolve conflicts, but not everyone will

Pastor Johann Arnold states that: When we forgive someone for a mistake or a deliberate hurt, we still recognize it as such, but instead of lashing out or biting back, we attempt to see beyond it, so as to restore our relationship with the person responsible for it. Our forgiveness may not take away our pain- -– it may not even be acknowledged or accepted -– yet the act of offering it will keep us from being sucked into the downward spiral of resentment. Forgiveness of one's self by the guilty party allows the guilty party to accept what they have done, deal with it, heal and move on with their partner. Forgiveness does not excuse or minimize the behaviour, forgiveness allows each person to be released from the past and to start living in the present once again. Forgiving is "a point where we are less in touch with the pain of the betrayal and more in touch with the acceptance of the person and the action" (Cordova, 2006, p.

Academic researchers as well as media commentators frequently argue that race relations in the United States have worsened considerably over the past decade. Many Americans would disagree or have different views on the previous statement being true. As the years go by, society is continuously modified and changed through innovation, discovery, and cultural awareness. “The term race relations” is peculiar. It is not about racial conflict, racial domination, racism, or racial formation. Instead it has a palliative orientation: “improving” the way in which two or more “races” and their members act toward one another” (Howard 2009:1852).

According to Hess and Cameron (2006), forgiveness is an attribute of leadership; he also state that forgiveness is a fundamental human virtue, meaning it represents a moral and spiritual goodness in the human experience. Furthermore, it is widely understood that within organizations, conflicts are inevitable at one point or another. Therefore, conflict management resolution structures are required to be implemented to enable success. Forgiveness started when God sacrificed his son Jesus to cleanse us of our sins. The gospel teaches us that “If you forgive men of their trespasses your Heavenly Father will forgive also you: but if you do not forgive men of their sins your Heavenly Father will not forgive

The Campaign rhetoric of Horace Greeley in 1872, the religious revivals of D.L. Moody, and the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 influenced northern white attitudes regarding African Americans in the South in a way that actually had a negative impact. I had no idea these three events could have had the ability to, in a sense, set back the progress that could and should have been for African-Americans. To me, it is not so much of an attitude whites had regarding African-Americans as much as a complete erasure from their memories as to what should have been happening with regard to helping the African-American population to properly integrate into American society.

Gather at the Table: A Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of Slave Trade, is a story about the expedition that two interracial adults take across the country and overseas. Thomas Norman Dewolf, a white man from Oregon, is a descendent of a large slave-trading family. He was once a public official, who is now retired, and he speaks widely about the social prejudices across society. On the other side of the spectrum, Sharon Leslie Morgan, an African American women from Chicago, is a descendent from slaves on both sides of her family. She is the founder of Our Black Ancestry, a nationally recognized innovator in multicultural marketing, and a founder of the National Black Public Relations Society. Together, these two cross paths and go on an adventure across twenty-seven states and Trinidad and Tobago, over one hundred thousand miles, between 2008 and 2011. Their journey leads them to ancestral towns, courthouses, plantations, cemeteries, antebellum mansions, and historic sites. Throughout the story, the author use the past-present-future tensions to discuss cultural conflicts in the story including ancestry, trauma, and adaptation.

Forgiveness is the key part to peace. Peace is only achievable when one does not have negative emotions towards another. Those who have forgiven are also given a chance for peace. When you give forgiveness, you receive peace. Peace and forgiveness are closely intertwined and affect one another. The relationship they share is inseparable and closely related.

African vs. African-American Experiences and Relations in Determining the Binding Factor between the Two Groups of People

Forgiving others frees us from resentment. Forgiving ourselves is part of positive change. To cease to feel angry or bitter towards a person or about an offence(List of Virtues)”. Slaves may have taken a very long time to forgive the people who had mistreated them, and many may have went back to treat their no longer masters the same way they had been treated. People may explain the horros they had been through during that time, but that may be a way for them to forgive the way they had been treated. Not for the person who had been heartless at the moment or still be heartless but for theirselves, so they no longer feel traumatized,out in the world feel as if someone will run up behind them and still them once again from their family. Forgiveness is being able to no longer feel angry to the same thing they thought they would be mad at forever. It is being able to see something again and not feel hatred towards

“One must first uncover one’s anger. In doing so, one can work through such issues as identifying psychological defenses (like denial), confronting the anger, or sometimes acknowledging the experience of shame…Once one has committed to forgive, one can begin the work of forgiveness by viewing the offender in new ways by developing empathy and compassion toward the offender…After one has work on forgiveness, one might find new meaning in the suffering, recognize that one has been an offender in the past, and realize that one is not alone