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.

Let’s Bow Our Heads and Segregate

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“There is another thing that disturbs me to no end about the American church. You have a white church and you have a Negro church. You have allowed segregation to creep into the doors of the church. How can such a division exist in the true Body of Christ? You must face the tragic fact […]

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Questioning Race

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What do we really know about race and how can we be sure of its ability?  What references has race provided?  What experiences can account for its power?  How do we know that race is what it claims to be and why are we so ready to defend it and to employ it, having seen […]

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At Christmas, the babe in the manger isn’t always white

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The Religion News Service offers a contribution to a dialogue concerning the socially constructed race of Jesus Christ. While the socially constructed race of Jesus Christ does not influence the “reason for the season,” this article provides a noteworthy opportunity to examine the image in which we have created the Son of God.

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A National Apology to the Indigenous People of the U.S. again?

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The U.S. government officially apologized to the indigenous people of what is now the United States of America on December 19, 2009 but it was not publicized.  As a result, there will be a public reading of the apology on December 19, 2012 in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.  For more information […]

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Robert Griffin III and Authentic Blackness

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“Is he a brother or a cornball brother?” asked ESPN’s Rob Parker.  He was questioning the so- called blackness of the Washington Pigskins quarterback, Robert Griffin III, because apparently there are qualifiers, though stereotypical (i.e. You cannot have a socially colored white fiancee and you cannot be Republican.), for authentic blackness. For Parker, RG III […]

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