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.

What Race Is Not

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I am often asked to explain how it is at all possible to live a race-less life. “It’s who you are,” some say, pointing to their own social privileges to suggest that I too must accept the social powerlessness of blackness in order to truly understand my life as an American.  “It is who we are,” others […]

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Race Has No Resurrection Power

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“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” ~Galatians 2.20, NLT I remain baffled at the continued power of race in […]

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Ten Things I Hate About Race

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In 1999, I was a freshmen in college when a romantic teen comedy was released called Ten Things I Hate About You.  It is a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s play  “Taming of the Shrew.”  Now, I have never seen this movie but the title of this post must have been inspired by it somehow.  I assure you […]

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Forgiving Words

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“And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.” ~Luke 12.7 “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.”  Parents teach their children this simple rhyme that is in fact a complicated lie to inoculate them from the painful experience of being teased or bullied or to prepare them for […]

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Be Specific (Part II)

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“For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” ~ Romans 3.23 This week, I continue to ponder this notion of all.  The assertion that we can know everything about someone based on their racial grouping (which should not be confused with culture as the two are not synonymous), that we can […]

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