It is easy to see racism as a current issue in our society when it is in the form of bigotry. It is not so easy, unless one is adversely impacted, when racism is systemic/structural/institutional. When it is perpetuated by laws, policies, and practices that form a grid in which people live their lives and see people of color. After the man who was helped in the parable of the good Samaritan is healed and well the next person who takes this road may experience the same thing if nothing is done about the conditions that make the road dangerous. The road is analogous to systemic racism that can be passed on to the next generation to have to navigate. Isaiah 10:1,2 | Luke 10:29-37