Monday, January 24, 2005
RACE (PART II): DEFINITIONS
I think somebody told me about this back in college. Maybe this is unfair and slightly propaganda. Maybe it means nothing. But I still found it interesting nonetheless. Here are excerpts of Merriam-Webster's definitions for "black" and "white."
BLACK: (1) : very dark in color; (2) of or relating to the Afro-American people or their culture; (3) : dirty, soiled; (4) thoroughly sinister or evil , wicked; (5) indicative of condemnation or discredit; (6) connected with or invoking the supernatural and especially the devil; (7): very sad, gloomy, or calamitous b : marked by the occurrence of disaster; (8) : characterized by hostility or angry discontent.
WHITE: (1) of the color of new snow or milk, silvery; (2) : of, relating to, characteristic of, or consisting of white people or their culture; (3) marked by upright fairness; (4): free from spot or blemish; (5) innocent; (6) a symbol of purity; (7) favorable, fortunate, not intended to cause harm; (8) passionate
I think somebody told me about this back in college. Maybe this is unfair and slightly propaganda. Maybe it means nothing. But I still found it interesting nonetheless. Here are excerpts of Merriam-Webster's definitions for "black" and "white."
BLACK: (1) : very dark in color; (2) of or relating to the Afro-American people or their culture; (3) : dirty, soiled; (4) thoroughly sinister or evil , wicked; (5) indicative of condemnation or discredit; (6) connected with or invoking the supernatural and especially the devil; (7): very sad, gloomy, or calamitous b : marked by the occurrence of disaster; (8) : characterized by hostility or angry discontent.
WHITE: (1) of the color of new snow or milk, silvery; (2) : of, relating to, characteristic of, or consisting of white people or their culture; (3) marked by upright fairness; (4): free from spot or blemish; (5) innocent; (6) a symbol of purity; (7) favorable, fortunate, not intended to cause harm; (8) passionate
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Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD . "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.
Matthew 17:2
There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.
Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.
Revelation 7:15
And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD . "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.
Matthew 17:2
There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.
Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.
Revelation 7:15
And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
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Exodus 10:15
They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail-everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
Luke 11:36
Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail-everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
Luke 11:36
Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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