the elephant in the room is 'evangelical christians'. they are directly responsible for four hundred years of systemic racism and bigotry, all of the past and present hawaiian kingdom's problems, and the wars in the middle east right now. stop pussyfooting around it. if evangelical christian parents spent as much time teaching their kids equality, respect for 'all' others, compassion for the poor, empathy for the weak and marginalized, math and science or piano or uke, or anything, as they do jesus, what a wonderful world this could be.