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.

Why talking about race remains a touchy subject

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We talk about race all the time.  It is the thought that is on the forefront of our minds and the word that is on the tip of our tongues.  When something bad happens, we say, “Race did it.”  When something bad happens, we say, “Race did it.”  According to our conversations and life’s aspirations, […]

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Recovering ourselves from race

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“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” ~ Romans 12.3, NRSV Race has two extremes when it comes to identity: […]

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Enabling Race

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“Hitler’s dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law.” ~ Alan Bullock, British historian and author “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” ~ Ephesians 5.11 Among other things, I would describe race as an “unfruitful work of darkness.”  It is a work that […]

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Questioning our Questions: Separatist Theology and what our Jesus would do

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“Because Jesus Christ is the focal point for everything that is said about the Christian gospel, it is necessary to to investigate the meaning of his person and work in light of the black perspective.  It is one thing to assert that he is the essence of the Christian gospel and quite another to specify […]

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Who will not solve the race problem

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“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men (and women) who can dream of things that never were.” ~ John F. Kennedy “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according […]

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