Abilene Christian University Digital Commons @ ACU Herald of Truth Documents Herald of Truth Records 7-7-1968 Hatred is Only Skin Deep - Transcript John Allen Chalk Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/hot_docs Recommended Citation Chalk, John Allen, "Hatred is Only Skin Deep - Transcript" (1968). Herald of Truth Documents. 215. https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/hot_docs/215 This Manuscript is brought to you for free and open access by the Herald of Truth Records at Digital Commons @ ACU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Truth Documents by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ACU. ~ . .;;;.. o/J1o.-C:f Herald of Truth /{//-<_ _Pr~grarn #8Sa "Hatred Is Only Skin Deep 11 Program #858 CHALK: ~r/Jz John ·Allen Chalk. In just a minute I will be discussing the Racial 1 4/e Revolution . •••• what it. means to you. p(~a-g-eVct- 1(2t'tJtJt.J/ED -- t<.h lET11£1? yot/ J..J/!1:- 1T o,,e11./oT.I ~~ ~,¥- ~ -fl-~- =e ~- efl--wJ~::e- MUSIC: A WONDERFULSAVIOR ALLISON: Churches of Christ welcome you t *r~Jo the 858th broadcast of Herald . of Truth. Produced by the Highland Church of J Christ, Abilene, Texas, each Herald of Truth broadcast is designed to proclaim the eternal Word of Christ for a changing world of crisis. MUSIC: LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT ALLISON: Throughout this summer on Herald of Truth~ you can hear a special series called "Three American Revolutions." Today's discussion begins a July series on the Racial Revolution. Information on how to receive a free copy of this and other messages will follow shortly. Now here is John Allen Chalk to speak on the subject "HAT~IS ONLY SKIN DEEP." 'l) · CHALK: Sermon ,., I. ..' i . l ! _.J,1USIC -=-CHALK: ~~---(Music up for one verse and under . -~ ..· ~ . -~ -· £or Chalk's insert--then up to -..,:: ....1 f - close of hymn.) . -~q ·I i . -:~ l . ..-::--:- .. .· 'ALLISON: ·- you have heard a message by John --·Allen Chalk entitled "HAT1t!~s ONLY ; ·sKIN DEEP." Printed copies of --~ . ~ -=today's message are available' without ! ~cost. Just write us a card or letter -and ask for program number 858. That's number eight-five-eight. Also, we invite you to enroll in our free Bible correspondence course, available in ! ____.English, .Spanish, French, and Germa11:; . and, iJ ~f$ available in B~aille. We invite your Bible-related questions which will receive immediate personal attention. Please address all cor- respondence to John Allen Chalk, Box -- --- ,..--2001, - -Abilene, Texas. That's John -· ----- ' -· -Allen Chalk, Box 2001, Abilene, Texas. 79&ot./ lI ~THE LORD BLESS YOU I I- f·' . .,...·· ..... - ·- --·-- --- -· - -- .- - ·---····---- ·- ! · . WOULDYOU LIKE TO KNOWMORE ABOUT THE · ONEEFFECTIVE ANSWER TO RACISMIN AMERICA? l WANTYOU TO WRITEME TODAYFOR A SERIES OF BIBLE STUDIESTHAT WILL EFFECTIVELYINTRODUCE YOU TO FIRST CENTURYCHRISTIANITY, THESESTUDIES, OFFEREDAT NO COSTTO YOU, WILL SHOWTHE VICTORIESTHAT CAN BE WONBY FAITH IN CHRISTAFTER THE NEWTESTAMENT ORDER, YouMAY HAVE BEEN THE OBJECTOF RACISM1 S SCORNAND ABUSE, . .. - lF SO, I WOULDLIKE TO KNOWABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES, SHOULD YOU CARETO RECALLTHEM, OR RACISMIN YOUROWN HEART MAY HAVE CAUSED YOUTO INJURESOMEONE OF A DIFFERENTRACE, WOULDYOU SHARE THAT WITHME? OTHERSCAN PROFIT FROMOUR SUFFERING AND OUR SIN, IF WEWILL ONLYALLOW IT TO BE KNOWN,ALSO DON'T FORGETTO WRITE . ' .· . FORYOUR FREE COPYOF TODAY'SLESSON NUMBER 858, WRITE TO ME: JOHNALLEN CHALK, P.O. Box 2001, ABILENE,TEXAS 79604. .. _, No. 858 HATREDIS QNLYSK1N I2.E.IT JULY1, 1968 JOHNALLEN CHALK "OURNATION IS MOVINGTOWARD TWO SOCIETIES, ONEBLACK, ONE WHITE--SEPARATEAND UNEQUAL,,, ,DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION HAVE LONGPERMEATED MUCH OF AMERICANLIFE; THEYNOW THREATEN THE FUTURE OF EVERYAMERICAN, I I I -~ '- . SEGREGATIONAND POVERTYHAVE CREATED IN THE RACIALGHETTO A DESTRUCTIVEENVIRONMENT TOTALLYUNKNOWN TO MOSTWHITE AMERICANS, WHAT WHITE AMERICANS HAVENEVER FULLY UNDERSTOOD--BUT WHAT THE NEGROCAN NEVER FORGET-­ IS THATWHITE SOCIETY IS DEEPLYIMPLICATED IN THE GHETTO, WHITE INSTITUTIONSCREATED IT, WHITEINSTITUTIONS MAINTAIN IT, AND WHITESOCIETY CONDONES IT," (pp, 1-2, REPORTQE 1.1:iE.NATIONAL ADVISORY .... ..... ... COMMISSIONQ.N. CIVIL DISORDERS, NEWYORK: BANTAMBOOKS, 1968). You PROBABLYRECOGNIZE THESE WORDS AS PARTOF THE CONTROVERSIAL · REPORTGIVEN PRESIDENT JOHNSON EARLIER THIS YEARBY THE NATIONAL ADVISORYCOMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS, l HAVEJUST TAKENANOTHER LOOKAT THE LIST OF DISTINGUISHEDAMERICANS WHO SERVED ON THAT COMMISSION.You ANDI WOULDDO WELLTO THINKTWICE BEFORE WE, FORANY REASON, DISMISS THEIR GRAVEINDICTMENT OF RACISMIN AMERICA, !F YOUARE LISTENINGTO ME IN A PHILADELPHIAGHETTO YOU PROBABLYARE INCENSEDTHA~ THE COMMISSIONDIDN'T S~EAKMORE PLAINLY, DIDN'T "TELL IT LIKE IT IS," IF YOUARE A LISTENERIN A COMFORTABLE SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA SUBURB YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY STARTED FOR THE PAGE2 RADIODIAL TO TURNOFF THIS PROGRAMBECAUSE YOU THINK THE COMMISSION'S REPORTIS NOTAN ACCURATEPICTURE OF EITHERAMERICA OR AMERICANS, ANDTHAT'S THE TWOCAMPS INTO WHICHTHIS COUNTRYIS BEINGDIVIDED TODAY: THE ANGRYBLACK MAN WHO HAS NOTHINGGOOD TO SAYABOUT MATERIALISTIC,SELF-CENTERED, WHITE SOCIETY; ANDTHE BEWILDERED MIDDLE-CLASS,AVERAGE INCOME, WHITE AMERICAN WHO SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS ANDSAYS: "I'M NOTPREJUDICED, I'VE NEVERDONE ANYTHING TO ANYBODY, WHYSHOULD I BE BLAMEDFOR THE TROUBLEIN THIS COUNTRY?" YET,THIS GROUPOF ELECTEDOFFICIALS, BUSINESSEXECUTIVES,LABOR ANDEDUCATIONAL LEADERS, AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS CHARGED ONE HUNDREDFIFTY MILLIONAMERICANS WITH "WHITE RACISM," "BurI'M NOTA RACIST," YOUOBJECT, THENTAKE THIS FOLLOWING TEST, EXAMINEYOUR OWN HEART, LOOK CAREFULLY AT YOUROWN CONSCIENCE, ANDSEE HOWYOU FARE, WHITERACISM SAYS THAT THE NEGROBELONGS TO A DISTINCTAND SEPARATERACE OF MANKINDTHAT HAS EXISTEDSINCE THE BEGINNINGOF TIME, WHITERACISM BELIEVES THAT THE NEGRORACE HAS NO COMMONANCESTRY WITHOTHER HUMAN BEINGS, THIS RACESTARTED FROM A DISTINCT STOCK THATHAS REMAINEDLARGELY UNCHANGED UNTIL NOW, WHITERACISM HOLDS THAT THE BLACKMAN IS A DISTINCTBIOLOGICAL SPECIES THATFALLS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHITE MEN ANDAPES, WHITERACISM TEACHES THAT ALL WHITEMEN IN AMERICAARE PART OF ONECOMMON RACIAL GROUP WHICH GOES BACK TO THE BEGINNINGOF MANKIND, THE WHITEMAN IS SUPERIOR, IN EVERYIMPORTANT RESPECT, FROMTHE BLACK MAN, IT IS CHARGED, ANDWHITE RACISM ALSO BELIEVES THAT REGARDLESS OF PERSONAL ABILITY ANDACHIEVEMENT, EVERY NEGRO IS MORESIMILAR TO ALL OTHER NEGROESTHAN TO A PERSONOF COMPARABLESKILLS ANDINTELLIGENCE WHO PAGE3 HAPPENSTO BE A MEMBEROF THE WHITERACE (fui AMERICAN DILEMMA, NEWYORK: HARPERAND BROTHERS, 1944, PP, 103-104, GUNNARMYRDAL,) - - IN OTHERWORDS, THE BLACKBRAIN SURGEON IS MORELIKE THE BLACK SHARECROPPERTHAN HE IS THE WHITEBRAIN SURGEON, WHO MAY BE HIS - - ASSOCIATEIN MEDICALPRACTICE! BLACKRACISM HAS ALSO TAKEN ITS TOLLON AMERICANSIN RECENT DAYS, THE SAMEIDEAS WE HAVE JUST MENTIONEDARE TURNEDIN THE OPPOSITEDIRECTION, SOME STRANGE RELIGIOUS IDEAS ARE ADDED, AND THE WHITEMAN BECOMES A "DEVIL" WHOHAS A UNIQUEKINSHIP TO "MONKEYS, . - APES ANDSY./INE," (P, 103, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD,MESSAGE N IliE. BLACKMAN 1N AMERICA, CHICAGO: MUHAMMADMosQUE OF IsLAMNo. 2, 1965.) THEREFORE,TOTAL SEPARATION FROM THE WHITEMAN MUST BE STRICTLY OBSERVEDIF THE BLACKMAN IS TO KNOWHIS FULLSTRENGTH AND SUPERIORITY, THIS IRRATIONALFORM OF RACISMDEMANDS, - - l HAVEDETAILED THESE IDOLATROUS TENETS BECAUSE RACISM THREATENS THE VERYHEART OF CHR1STIANITY, STRIKESAT THE ROOTOF ALL BIBLICAL - - . TRUTH,AND DIRECTLY VIOLATES THE CHRISTIANFAITH, .. RACISM'SCHALLENGE TO CHRISTIANITYIS MORETHAN A THEORETICAL, "WORDBATTLE," DESPERATEMEN HAVE COMMITTED UNIMAGINABLE ATROCITIES IN THE NAMEOF A SUPERIORRACE, Do YOUREMEMBER WHO SAID THESE - .. - . WORDS: "EVERYTHINGWE ADMIRE ON THIS EARTHTODAY--SCIENCE AND ART, TECHNOLOGYAND INVENTIONS--IS ONLY THE CREATIVEPRODUCT OF A FEWPEOPLES AND ORIGINALLY PERHAPS OF illiE. RACE, ON THEMDEPENDS THE EXISTENCEOF THIS WHOLECULTURE, JF THEYPERISH, THE BEAUTYOF THIS EARTHWILL SINK INTOTHE GRAVEWITH THEM," So WROTEADOLF . ·· ·· · .. HITLER IN f1E.lli KA.f1E:E. (p, 288, TRANSLATIONBY RALPHMANHEIM, BOSTON: .. ~IOUGHTONMIFFLIN Co., 1943,) "foR THE FORMATIONOF HIGHERCULTURES," . - HITLEREXPLAINED, "THE EXISTENCEOF LOWERHUMAN TYPES WAS ONE OF THE MOSTESSENTIAL PRECONDITIONS, SINCE THEYALONE WERE ABLE PAGE4 TO COMPENSATEFOR THE LACKOF TECHNICALAIDS WITHOUTWHICH A HIGHER DEVELOPMENTIS NOTCONCEIVABLE, }TIS CERTAINTHAT THE FIRST CULTURE OF HUMANITYWAS BASED LESS ON THE TAMEDANIMAL THAN ON THE USE OF LOWERHUMAN BEINGS," (p, 295, IBID,) HITLER'S JUSTIFICATIONOF NAZI PRETENSIONSTO ARYANSUPERIORITY CENTERED IN THE TWINOBSERVATIONS THAT"EVERY ANIMAL MATES ONLY WITH A MEMBEROF THE SAMESPECIES" (p, 284, IBID,) ANDTHE MIXINGOF THE "BLOODS"OF TWOHUMAN RACES WILLALWAYS BRING ABOUT THE LOSSOF THE SUPERIORRACE'S GREATNESS (pp, 286, 296-297), IF YOUFIND THESEWORDS STRANGELY FAMILIAR, DON'T SIMPLYTHINK OF HITLER'S RADIOBROADCASTS, You MAYHAVE HEARD THESE SAME FALSE IDEASACROSS THE BACKYARDFENCE, IN CHURCHSTUDY GROUPS, AT THE SHOPDURING COFFEE BREAK, OR IN THE OFFICESOF SOMEEDUCATIONAL, POLITICAL,BUSINESS, AND LABOR LEADERS I KNOW, THEREARE AT LEASTTEN REASONSWHY RACISM IS IDOLATRYAND STANDS UNDERTHE JUDGMENTOF Goo ANDTHE BIBLE, T~NETSOF RACISM,WHETHER WHITEOR BLACKRACISM, CONFLICT WITH THE TEACHINGSOF THE GODOF THE BIBLE, LISTEN, THINK, ANDMAKE YOUR CHOICE, OURFIRST GROUPOF REASONSWHY RACISM IS FALSEAND MUST BE REJECTEDCENTER IN THE PROPERUNDERSTANDING OF Goo (MATTHEW22:37). OBSERVATIONNUMBER ONE: RACISMATTACKS THE WISDOMAND GOODNESS OF Goo, THE FATHER, "Goo CREATEDMAN IN HIS OWNIMAGE,