Caught On Tape: Young Unificationist Shocking Response to Racism (ABC News)
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Immanuel
Rinkema, a young 19-year-old Unificationist was recently shown on ABC’s
television show, “What Would You Do,” this past Friday, March 25 at
9p.m. This primetime news show is famous for setting up elaborate
realistic scenarios with actors testing real controversial subjects to
see what ordinary people would do when pushed to act, or if they act at
all. This week Mr. Rinkema was one of these ordinary people.
Mr. Rinkema speaking with mother about racism on the hidden camera |
Young Unificationist in ABC NewsThe
purpose of one scene in the show was to see what customers would do if
they saw a caretaker refusing to buy a black doll for a white girl who
insisted that she wanted the black doll. Soon, other customers became
involved with this explicit act of racism.
Mr.
Rinkema was the last customer recorded by hidden cameras while speaking
with the customers at the toy store in New York City. He is first
introduced on the show as a “remarkable young man, who surprises all of
us with his wisdom and maturity.”
Originally
from Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Rinkema himself is half-Japanese and
half-Dutch and has grown up in a church community in which mixed race is
common and welcomed. He also tells the customer that, “As a Sunday
School teacher, I have a lot of different races in my class. It kind of
hurts me to hear you say that about African-American children.”
Immanuel Rinkema speaking with host John Quinones. |
Young Hero amaze Host and ActressHe
is soon surprised by the host, John Quinones, who appears with cameras
and tells Mr. Rinkema that the caretaker and child are actresses who had
tested his response to the scene. Mr. Rinkema is then shown crying, as a
narrator explains that he had been holding back his emotions for the
sake of the child.
Both
the show host and actress watch in awe as Mr. Rinkema gives his views:
“We create the boundaries between the nations. We create the boundaries
between people. We create, ‘Oh, she’s white.’ Everyone is our brother
and sister, I feel. We are one big family, and we need to learn to love
people like that.”
The clip finishes with Mr. Quinones’ observation: “The wisdom of this young hero shows us just how far we’ve come as a society."
Where did He learn this from?Mr. Rinkema has shared with familyfed.org
that although it was not aired on the show on Friday, after he spoke,
the show host said to him "Wow, I'm impressed, a 19-year-old boy with
this kind of outlook. Where do you get it from?"
Mr.
Rinkema says that he responded:" I grew up in the Unification Church,
and I learned this standard of taking care of people from my parents and
their love for the True Parents. They teach us how to take care of each
other and this standard of love like a real parent would. I had a
picture of my parents and True Parents with me, so I showed it to the
show host. They (True Parents) gave me the understanding of who I am as
God's child, and that is where I get my value from.”
(Note: Unificationist refer to their founder Rev Moon and Mrs. Moon as 'True Parents'.)
更多資訊 more information:
http://www.unification.org.tw/wit_display_sql02.aspx?TitleID=69 (Chinese)
http://realrevmoon.blogspot.com/2011/03/caught-on-tape-young-unificationist.html (English)
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