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Not One of Us

Album: Gold Audio 09: Just in Time

Episode: 129

Lesson/Theme: Bigotry.

Bible Verse: Acts 17:26; Romans 3:29; 1 Corinthians 12:13

Characters: Bart, Lucy, Connie, Whit, Tom

Writer: Paul McCusker

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: September 22, 1990

Last Air Date: July 7, 2008

Description:
Extra! Extra! Councilman Philip Glossman resigns in disgrace! He makes a racial slur against the Japanese! Due to the excitement, Mrs. Medloff, editor of the Odyssey Owl, thinks bigotry is an excellent article for Lucy to tackle. She wants young Miss Cunningham-Schultz to explore the other ways preju-dice shows up in Odyssey. Lucy reluctantly complies and interviews everyone she knows to find out if they've ever experienced discrimination. She writes a model article, which briefly and clearly presents a wide variety of opinions. But it also completely lacks heart. Mrs. Medloff asks Lucy to try again-and this time to come at it from a more personal angle. So, at Bart Rathbone's suggestion, Lucy and Connie visit a small town called Sloughburgh, where the people supposedly know a lot about prejudice. But when they get there, they discover that the folks of Sloughburgh haven't been the objects of discrimination. These folks are the discriminators. They are prejudiced against people they call "sitters"-city folks. Connie and Lucy are treated badly. The girls actually end up in jail, just because the Sloughburghians don't like them. They finally get bailed out by Bart Rathbone (whom the Sloughburghians like, for some mysterious reason). Now Lucy has more than enough information-and firsthand experience-for her article. Even Odyssey is not immune to the evils of bigotry.

Questions:
What is prejudice? Have you ever been discriminated against? Have you ever discriminated against anyone? What were the reasons? How do you think God feels about discrimination? How did Jesus treat people who were different?