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ATLANTA, May 23, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Evangelist Alveda King:

Acts 17:26 teaches that we are One Blood/One Human Race, Yet, for thousands of years, skin color wars, religious disputes and class and caste disputes have divided the human family. In this article, let's address only the skin color factor which breeds the lie of separate races and racism.

The goal of 1960s civil-rights legislation in America was to replace racial discrimination with a race-neutral standard. This dream has never truly been realized because the skin color issues keep getting in the way.

Dot Connecting Facts:

• There is only one human race; as human beings, our "race" is defined by our red blood and not our skin color.
   
• We should be judged [not identified] by the "content of our character" rather than by visual, physical characteristics such as skin color.
   
• Color blind is a medical, soulish or spiritual condition requiring healing. Jesus gives sight to the blind.
   
• Because we are one human race, there is no such thing as "interracial marriage" or bi-racial sexual connections between humans.
   
• Upon conception or fertilization, the baby created from the sexual union is a human being with human parents.
   
• Queen Sophie Charlotte, wife of King George III, the first "known" Black Queen of England was born on May 19, 1744.
   
• In many historic portraits, her features were white-washed with paint to conceal her African ancestry.
   
• Queen Sophie Charlotte's birth day May 19th coincides with the date Duke Harry, Duchess Meghan and the Royal Family – May 19, 2018 – chose as the wedding date for another black woman to be married into the Royal Family.
   
• Royals Harry and Meghan, the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex have succeeded the only previous Duke of Sussex: Prince Augustus Frederick, the sixth son of King George III and uncle of Queen Victoria, was given the title in 1801. He was a supporter of the abolition of the slave trade and expressed disregard for the legal restrictions placed on Jews.
   
• Practices including redlining, discriminatory lending practices and color selective benefits are all part of a form of generational racism that is often given a blind eye. For example, Veterans Day is often a time to remember the 1944 GI Bill. Unfortunately, America often turns a blind eye to the seamy side of this story -- which is how a largely disproportionate number African-American veterans – because of their skin color-were intentionally denied many of the benefits of the GI Bill. Practices such as these laid the foundation for what is known as "white privilege" in America today. (See: African Americans and the G.I. Bill, The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, and White Privilege.)
   
• Color blindness is passive racism. If you can't see color, you can also ignore the racist effects that are often amplified by active racists.
   
• See skin color, embrace skin color. As human beings, we are all created in living color.

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New book coming soon: WE'RE NOT COLOR BLIND by ALVEDA KING and GINGER HOWARD