Stop Rickshaw Rally

To:  Lifeway Publishers and the Southern Baptist Convention

We respectfully ask the Board of Trustees of Lifeway, it’s President, and it’s parent organization, the Southern Baptist Convention to stop immediately the distribution of the Vacation Bible School curriculum known as Rickshaw Rally.

Rickshaw Rally employs images, phrases, music, and various stereotypes and caricatures of the Asian community that are inaccurate and offensive. While an attempt at an Asian-themed VBS may have been noble -- the final product reflects an ignorance and insensitivity to the diversity and complexity found in Asian culture.

Please discontinue the marketing and the distribution of the Rickshaw Rally VBS curriculum.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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