For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I don’t like race. I think that this is obvious by now. But, what I cannot understand is why so many people do, why they choose to accept it despite all of its bad words and behavior, why we give it so much power and allow it to tell us who we and others are […]
Read MoreRace frustrates me for many reasons but one that I can’t seem to make sense of is the repetition. Race has not said anything new about any human being to date. And I’m tired of hearing the same old story of us versus them, the same old fears: they are going to get you or […]
Read MoreI’ve done a lot of reading on race and its progeny, on the effects of our hatreds, on the traditions of prejudice. As a child, it began as an interest, a hobby. I was naturally drawn to things that were race- related. Not dolls, miniature kitchen sets or even sports but books, movies, pictures that […]
Read MoreRelevant, adj. 1. closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand Race is not timeless. It is not a classic. It will go out of style just as soon as we, humans, stop fashioning ourselves according to the social coloring of skin. We call ourselves progressive but can’t believe that we will ever get […]
Read MoreThe psalmist declares, “In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust, I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me?” [1] The psalmist is talking about people and their attempts to attack him. He writes earlier, “Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me; all day long foes oppress […]
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