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THURSDAY, JUNE
28, 2012
Social
genocide
Joseph Barry is a student in the
Disability Studies MA program at Cal Baptist university. He's a sharp
guy. In a recent
paper[S1], he wrote the following.
Wolfensberger states, "We need
to take a stand against the genocides of our time" (p. 101). Not
only should we take a stand against the documented genocides of past and
present, but we should also continue to stand against the social genocides that
exist as well. The placement of values on persons with disabilities based
on their disability status and the resulting objectification of them continues
to have damaging effects on such persons. The Church can be a leader or a
hindrance in this battle and its role cannot be under emphasized. Not
only should all of us address basic issues one at a time, we should do so
without wasting another minute." (Barry, J. Objectification and
Value Assignment: Christian Responses to Disability, 2012).
Barry's statement is perceptive and
powerful [S2]on so many levels. We
typically think of genocide as the outright taking of life, but the term might
be tweaked in the manner in which he did. Social genocide[S3] is a form of life taking that too
many societies either overtly or purposefully have participated in.
Clearly I should do what I can to influence society such that it doesn't
destroy people socially. I need to do that.
But his comment about the church is
straightforward. The church can be a leader or a hindrance. I believe at times
it has been both[S4]. I believe now it is being
both. The first step in change is awareness. I have often stated
that the first step in churches developing what has been called disability
ministry is repentence. I don't want to be a part of the problem.
I am reminded of the Luke 14 [S5]passage about the master telling the
servant "Go out to the roads and contry lanes and make them dome in, so
that my house will be full." Earlier the master has said, "Go
out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the
crippled, the blind and the lame." The servant is told to make them
come in (other versions say compel them to come in). Perhaps[S6] they need to be made or compelled
because they have been the perennial victims of social genocide. How many
times must I be killed socially before I no longer believe you? Or
perhaps I am just socially dead and need to be awakened socially in order to
drag my socially deadened self to a place where there is social life.
If someone were to look at your
life, would you be on the side of the social killers or the social life givers?[S7]
McNair
Korte beschouwing:
In dit bericht denkt de auteur verder op het artikel van
Joseph Barry. Hierbij haalt hij zijn eigen observatie en interpretatie aan van
de taak van de Kerk en van een bijbelpassage. Afsluiten doet hij door de lezer
aan het denken te zetten met een vraag die op een opmerkelijke manier is
gesteld, namelijk hoe andere mensen naar jou zouden kijken.
