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.

Jesus and Santa Claus

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The title of this post sounds like the beginning of a bad joke or a nursery rhyme but apparently, Jesus and Santa are in the same socially constructed race.  According to Fox News host Megyn Kelly, they are both ‘white.’   Really? Actually, Jews are not a race; they are a nation of people.  And […]

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Christena Cleveland on a Cross- cultural Jesus

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Christena Cleveland, author of Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart, shares what Jesus is about: bridging divides, standing in the gap, crossing cultures.

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Because She’s African

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“The day after returning from anti-Apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s memorial in South Africa, Israel’s first Ethiopian-born Knesset member Pnina Tamano-Shata (Yesh Atid), had her blood refused in a government donation drive because she is African. Volunteers at a Magen David Adom (Red Star of David—Israel’s Red Cross) booth set up inside of Knesset told Tamano […]

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What would you do?: Racism in America

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In a sort of “race experiment,” John Quinones and his crew capture the reactions of persons when a person attempts to steal a bicycle from a park.  What is the color of crime?  What race is associated with guilt and innocence?  How does the social construct of race impact the responses of those involved?

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Talking Race with a Toddler who wasn’t Talking about Race at All

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Tamika Thompson’s recent New York Times article highlights the importance of discerning exactly what our children, big and small, are really talking about.  While playing with her dolls, her daughter asked her to hand her “the black one.”  Tamika writes that she and her husband had done all the right things to ensure that their […]

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