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.

Battling Race

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“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” ~Friedrich Neitzsche Race is a monster. It’s not like the ones that hide under our beds or in our closets. Its features are not ghastly though it has been known to make its victims appear such. Race is […]

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Does Race Give Credit?

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Today, I attended a briefing at the White House with sixty other Baptists from around the nation; afterwards, I attended a debriefing over a very late lunch; and after that, I attended a ministers meeting at the church where I currently serve. To say the least, it has been a long day but it’s been […]

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Race Has No Body

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In my distress, I called to the Lord, and He answered me: ‘Lord, deliver me from lying lips and a decietful tongue.’” ~Psalm 120.1 Some years ago, I realized that speaking of myself in terms of race was a deception. I was lying to myself. I was not really black… at least not yet. I had […]

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Race Cannot Help You

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“I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” ~Psalm 121.1-2 In the times of the Old Testament, gods were often made and placed in high places like the mountains or the hills of a city. They were also elevated through the […]

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Race Does Not Have The Last Word

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“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.” ~Matthew 24.35; Mark 13.31 These are the closing words of Jesus’ parable of the fig tree and it reassures me to know this, that the words of Jesus Christ will not perish, that His words will never die.  Though expressed as a […]

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