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 and Reason

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“We have a faith that forces you to reason about what makes us who we are. … In truth, we are never quite sure what we believe until some one gets it wrong.” ~ Stanley Hauerwas, Without Apology: Sermons for Christ’s Church ” Make visible what, without you, might never have been seen.” ~ Robert […]

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A Declaration of Exceptionalism

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I am an exception to the rules of race.  I don’t follow them; I live to break them.  I live my life above the laws of race. Race cannot put me in a box and check me off.  I don’t fit and I won’t bend or contort to do so.  There is more room in […]

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How believing in race lowers our self- esteem

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“I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” ~ Psalm 139.14, NRSV “I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!     Body and soul, I am marvelously made!” ~ Psalm 139.14, The Message Our belief in race makes us dependent.  It teaches us to prop our selves up on our appearance and the judgments that persons […]

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How Race Slowly Kills Us

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Are you living or dying?  Well, if you believe in the social construct of race, then your life is a slow yet acceptable death.  At birth, we are told that we are socially colored black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige, that this is the way things are so we might as well get used to […]

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What are you looking at?

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The Bible says that when we are baptized, we put on Christ (Galatians 3.27).  Our appearance changes and the social value placed on our external attributes loses its effect.  Or, it should.  Instead, we are to strive to have the mind of Christ, to live the life of Christ and to practice the love of […]

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