For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Last weekend, I read Kathryn Stockett’s book The Help. Intrigued by the title and wanting to hear their side of the story, my interest only increased when I turned to the back cover to discover that the author was a European American woman. I thought, This is going to be good. But, while reading her […]
Read More“We are trapped in history and history is trapped in us.” ~ James Baldwin I love history so much so that while in college, I seriously considered making it my major. But, my desire to study history was not rooted in a love for the past but in my ignorance of it– both social and cultural but more importantly, personal. […]
Read MoreI know that many persons don’t understand my displeasure with race and I can’t point to the specific time when my intense dissatisfaction began. In fact, I don’t know why I just can’t let go of the conviction that race must be eradicated, that I don’t see it as others have though I have had many of the same […]
Read MoreThis is the way that we have always been. It is the likely rationale or unconscious thought for those who live a racialized life or justify the anger, unforgiveness and hatred that support it. Always is synonymous with “for all of time, until the end of time, constantly, and forever.” But for all of time, we have […]
Read MoreMy experience at Chautauqua ended with an opportunity to speak with the leadership as well as a major donor of the New Clergy Program. We had shared our experiences of racism with our colleagues earlier in the week and afterwards persons came to each of us to offer what they thought was the best response to the numerous […]
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The Raceless Gospel 