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.

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Stop the press!  No.  Not really.  In fact, I am grateful for the opportunity to write for Baptist News Global each month and to share my perspective on the Christian faith, its formation and practice.  Yes, I write and talk about and preach on subjects that are not race- related.  And this month’s column is titled […]

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Take a risk

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“There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” ~ Aristotle While I knew that God desired that I denounce race, I did not know exactly how to say it without hurting someone’s feelings or sense of self.  There are millions of people who identify with race and identify […]

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A poem against internalization

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You can search through my hair to ensure airport security. You can bar  and color- code my skin. You can socially position my body, marginalize or center. But, you cannot touch who is within. *** You can count me, number me: minority and majority. You can in and out me, believe in and doubt me. […]

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Race Together

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Race Together is a new initiative and partnership between Starbucks and USA Today. They are hoping to get their customers talking about race.  Race Together hopes to tackle racism through conversation and there is much to talk about with the recent death of an African American Mississippi man, Otis James Byrd, the alleged assault of a […]

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Lent: Something more

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Lent.  The mysterious four- letter word that we have made a routine, no chocolate, no television, no, no, no.  We use it as an occasion to diet, to take a break from a favorite guilty pleasure.  We do not think of Christ’s suffering but the dress or pants size we hope to be, the time […]

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