For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
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 […]
Read MoreIt’s amazing the transformation that the United States of America has undergone in such a short span of time. Once an outwardly segregationist empire, capitalism has changed the way that we do business. There are inter-cultural services being offered and businesses owned by persons of various cultural backgrounds share the same block and sometimes building […]
Read MoreThere is no such thing as a good or true stereotype. A stereotype is “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.” It is “an image perpetuated without change” that may or may not be based in an actual experience. It is a “solid […]
Read MoreA new website, http://www.changethenamenow.org, is calling for the NFL to change the name of its Washington, D.C. football team because the name ‘redskin’ is a racial slur. They have included a petition and hopes: That the Washington NFL franchise changes its name, mascot and logo; That the franchise develops a public educational campaign on the […]
Read MoreO, give thanks to race for it is good and its stereotypes endure forever. God forbid. Exactly why are we so thankful for race, so proud to be black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige? And why are we content with being racial beings/ colored people, passing down the names and stereotypes of our culture and […]
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