Author: Starlette Thomas, Race Abolitionist

Seeking to lead words and people to their highest and most authentic expression, I am the principal architect of a race/less world.

Speak Up

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The repeated incidents of police brutality have turned up the volume on conversations about race and racism.  It is no longer whispered about as reporters cue recordings from body and dashboard board cameras of interactions, heightened altercations and ultimately the death of unarmed African American men and women.  It is a news cycle that makes me […]

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Say Something New

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The news reporting is the same.  Same angles, views and I suspect that is the same pencil used to sketch and draw the same conclusions.  The words used to describe race relations remains unchanged: allies and hate mongers, race cards and race baiting, tolerance, forgiveness and reconciliation.  We reach conclusions that are the same as before. […]

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Hope and ‘Intractable Racism’

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Christianity Today contributor Mark Galli writes about race and the gifts that the church brings to the conversation in an article titled “Hope in the Face of Intractable Racism.”  Gall questions doubts we will ever be done with racism, challenging laws that intend to “eradicate all forms of racism” and suggesting that it will take more […]

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A Watchman for Our Souls

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Originally posted on Via Ex Machina:
On Tuesday, author and journalist Neely Tucker sat down with Kojo Nnambdi to discuss the release of Harper Lee’s new/old novel, Go Set a Watchman. I had seen the controversy over the characterization of Atticus Finch brewing online since the Wall Street Journal published the first chapter of Watchman…

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Healing Our Relationships From Race

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Race hurts.  Believing that I or you are a problem causes pain because people love people.  This perspective suggests that the world is not perfect because of my presence or yours.  And we spend much of our time together or apart talking about ways to rid ourselves of “you people.” But, what if race is […]

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