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.

Carry on

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Carry on! It can be a hurtful routine and a harmful practice. Pretending as if we are not hurt or in need of assistance, acting like we are not tired and can take whatever comes our way or is thrown at us can be costly. The strong and silent type, we grin and bear. We […]

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Opposites do not attract

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I know that my work is hard, that my words are difficult, that a race-less gospel can be hard to believe and believe in.  I believe it and initially, I was afraid to say it. It was not that I felt it was wrong, that I was not “fully persuaded,” that I thought that I […]

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Proving Love

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Love is believed to be the most overused word in our vocabulary. We love to say it. We love how it makes us feel. We want to be in the presence of love, to feel loved, to receive love. We want things to love and people to love us. Thinking that this love cannot hurt […]

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Who came first- people or race?

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Unlike the chicken or the egg analogy, human beings and the social construct of race are not inseparable.  Humans did not come from race but race did come from humans, a product of Enlightenment thinking.  Race was not “in the beginning” with God but is with us now because we created it.  We came first […]

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Teach me

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Race makes us think that we are know- it- alls, that there are no new people under the sun: “If you’ve seen one, you seen them all.”  Consequently, we don’t stop to look or listen to anyone anymore.  We ask persons, “How are you doing?” but don’t wait for the answer.  It is but a […]

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