America's Original Sin By Jim Wallis: What Did You Find Most Interesting About The Reading?

America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis
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What did you find most interesting about the reading? 
America is a country of immigrants, and yet it is in the U.S where people from diverse European countries are considered part of a white culture, which has largely been absent in Europe until the levels of immigration have increased. Wallis (2016) challenges the notion of white superiority, as this has been made to justify oppressing non European descended people since even slavery was present among Greeks and yet the slaves were not considered inferior to the Romans (Wallis, 2016). The author quoted sociologist, Allan G. Johnson to explore the influence of cultural markers to identify people based on color emerged at a time when there was justification of structural arrangements and this makes it easier to exclude people who are different and even justify controlling them.
What, if anything, affirmed your role or was a new discovery about your role as an ethical leader and an agent of justice and social responsibility?
Making decisions without relying on assumptions about a community or group of people, is necessary to treat all people equally negative stereotypes cloud judgment and decisions and even when faced with an ethical dilemma it is unlikely that one will consider fairness and justice. Building trust improves cooperation and this was highlighted when making ethical decisions and being an agent of justice and social responsibility. When there is emphasis on inclusion and eliminating exclusion. People are more open to leaders who are trustworthy and have high integrity and Willis uses the example of the law enforcement agents engaging with the communities they serve to reduce mistrust and serve justice. What did you find difficult to understand or with what did you disagree with the author in living out your role as an ethical leader and agent of justice and social responsibility? 
Willis mainly addresses White Christians and he argued that biblical repentance was a spiritual solution to the problem of racism and injustice in America. The author further argues “The repentance of stopping our present path in the wrong direction and turning completely ar...