Articles : New Directions by Joanna Shenk
May 5, 2008 issue
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Immigration in our history
“To authentically respond to immigration,” according to the recent Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Immigration Listening Report, “whites must start by seeing immigrants as ‘us’ instead of ‘them.’ White communities and churches who until now have taken little action on behalf of immigrants must start viewing newcomers as esteemed members of God’s family — just as deserving of justice and love as church friends and immediate family members.”
How do those of us then, who fall into this category, work toward a change in perspective? Could it be that we Mennonites of European descent have forgotten our own history?
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