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 Fact #41: Race Morality

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What is race morality? Race morality (also known as apartheid) is “to ensure the supremacy of one’s own people.  When you make your own survival your supreme moral value, you are capable of almost anything.” ~ Mr. Peyton, Apartheid in South Africa documentary (1957)

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The Apartheid Museum

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“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” ~ Nelson Mandela If you would like to learn more about apartheid in South Africa, please visit the Apartheid Museum, which opened in 2001.  In addition to exhibits, the museum offers […]

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A Brief History of South African Apartheid (circa 1957)

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A documentary film on apartheid in South Africa captures the role of women in its resistance and the challenges of reconciling one’s faith in Christ while maintaining the practice of apartheid.  One person being interviewed said, “One of the mystifying things to me is how anybody who claims to be a Christian can be a […]

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Remembering Mr. Nelson Mandela

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Yesterday, we learned of political prisoner, former South African President and international symbol of forgiveness and reconciliation Nelson Mandela’s passing at age 95.  He was affectionately called “Madiba” and his story reminds me of the Old Testament’s Joseph (Genesis 37).  Sentenced to life imprisonment, he was released after twenty- seven years in 1990 at the […]

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