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.

Race Is Not Enough

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I am more than what the eyes can see or what they tell you I am or will be.  I am not just flesh and bone but soul and spirit, not tied to earth but bound for heaven.  I don’t just walk. More than this flesh and its members.  I have more than feet, wings […]

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Given Not Earned

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“For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.” ~ Ephesians 2.10, NRSV “In his hand is the life of every living thing     and the breath of every human being.” ~ Job 12.10 America says that our meaning and […]

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Post- Racial America: Why We Can’t Get Past Race

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There aren’t many fans of the word post- racial.  It seems utopian for some, unrealistic for others.  And from what I hear and read, it seems almost mythical.  It’s magic talk and there isn’t a huge market for this fairy dust.  We just cannot even imagine the characters for such a story.  Because exactly what […]

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Post- Racial America: Why It’s So Hard To Say

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Post- racial.  Post- racial?  Are you serious?  Is it really possible to put race behind us?  Just how is that going to happen? We shake our heads and shoo away the thought.  I cannot say what I cannot see and have you seen the news lately?  Do you know our history?  I do not see […]

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Leaving A Trail

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Persons use incidents like the tragic and unfortunate death of Mr. Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri to say that we are not ready for a post- racial America. They shout down the word, shake their hands and heads at those who use it– both angered and saddened at our ignorance and naivete. They seem to […]

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