The Whole Armor of Race

Living the racialized life calls for twenty- four hour surveilance as there is always something being said or not said, being done or not done on the basis of race.  All verbal and nonverbal communications, actions and reactions must be scrutinized for potential harm to us.  We must always be ready to defend and thus, […]

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A Louisiana Woman Fakes Hate Crime

I am utterly dumbfounded after reading the recent report of a Louisiana woman who accused three men of setting her on fire and writing racial slurs on her car.  It was later determined that the “hatred” that twenty year old Sharmeka Moffitt experienced was self- inflicted.  Did race make her do it?

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Redskins to Pigskins

Washington City Paper has decided to no longer refer to the D.C.’s NFL team as the Washington Redskins.  Their new name?  The Washington Pigskins.  I think that it has a nice ring to it.  What about you?

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The Sleeping Church in America

What can account for the spiritual state that American Christians are in?  It seems, at least to me, that we are and have been for hundreds of years now in a state of slumber.  Sure, there has been some tossing and turning, some wiping of the eyes, yawning and even stretching of the arms.  We […]

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