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.

The Greatest Commandments of Race

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You will love your socially colored skin with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment.  And a second is like it: You will love your neighbor if he or she “looks” like you.  On these two commandments hang racial hatred and division.

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Racist Incidents at Oberlin College

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I am praying for the students and staff of Oberlin College in the wake of multiple expressions of hatred on campus.  May the spirit of Jesus Christ rule their hearts and minds, restore hope so that forgiveness is sought and given and renew courage to continue to build bridges toward cross- cultural friendship and fellowship.  Amen.

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The Color of Christ in “Bombingham”

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Four little girls  Who went to Sunday School that day And never came back at home at all– But left instead Their blood upon the wall. ~Langston Hughes   I recently purchased The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America by Edward J. Blum & Paul Harvey.  The […]

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“Your sacred sp…

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“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.” ~ Joseph Campbell

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Hatred begins at home

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“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” ~ Mother Theresa I am convinced that the reason why we continue to live as we have lived– cynical, despondent and dazed– is because there has been no change in the way that we love.  Our love is not deep enough or […]

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