11.14.2007

Where'd You Go?

Sorry about the sporadic nature of the posts lately. Last night I fell asleep with Noah and missed the time that I normally take to read and write. Tomorrow morning we'll be up early to take the kids up to Paducah to meet my mother-in-law. So there probably won't be any posts until Friday.
We're voting on a Japanese pastor at our church on Sunday and they mentioned we needed a song to play while we took up the votes. This was my suggestion:

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm continuously surprised at how other people's jokes are so clearly racist and they don't even know it. Perhaps people should check their hearts more.

Josh Mc Alister said...

Hmmm...I don't mean it in a racist fashion. Perhaps the song is racist? I don't really know what it's about, just kind of find it catchy.
I thought it would be funny if they played this song because it is the only song I know that has anything about Japan in the song.
Sorry to offend you anonymous, if that's what I did. Since you commented anonymously and ambiguously, it's tough for me to know. But rest assured that I checked my heart, and I'm not racist. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Then I would consider playing a Japanese song. Learning about Japanese culture and thinking before you speak.

Josh Mc Alister said...

I agree that it would be good for me, and our church in general, to learn about Japanese culture. One of the big problems we have is trying to integrate the ministry into the overall culture of our church.
I'm still curious as to what is racist about my joke. Is the song inherently racist? To me racism is making judgements about someone or something based upon race. I don't feel like I did that. I don't see any generalizations in the comment I made. To be honest, I don't even see any insensitivity in the comment I made. While it would certainly be inappropriate for us to play the song in our service, that is based more on that the song seems to be about some guy really liking some girl. Help me see what I'm missing here. Thanks for the discussion.