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.

Body Peace

.Reading time 1 minute.

My body is not the enemy. I will not pull my hair when I see yours or ask my curls to straighten up and act right. I will not scratch my eyes out because they are not blue or green. I will not cut off my nose to spite my face because it does not […]

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Circling back

.Reading time 5 minutes.

Do you see the world through race- colored glasses?   Are you totally dependent on race to survive in the world around you?  Can’t leave  home without race?  Don’t know how you could understand the world without its prejudices and stereotypes?  If this is how you feel, then I understand. I’ve been there and I […]

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Books for lovers of community

.Reading time 6 minutes.

“Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.” | First Corinthians 10.24, ESV Put down your phone and pick up a book. Yes, I am a purist who still believes in turning actual pages.  I’m showing my age in this digital world. I know that they are bulky but evangelism, […]

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Clarence

.Reading time 4 minutes.

A video recorded by his wife has been viewed more than five million times. It is not of Clarence playing in the yard with their children or him walking their dog. Instead, it is a video of Clarence being falsely identified, nearly handcuffed and arrested by a police officer. He fits the description of a […]

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Sandra

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Another day, another offense, to list them would elicit a lament.  Another video surfaces and we want to push it back down.  We turn up the television or the music to drown out the sound of her voice.  But, our silence is deafening. The truth we try to deny, we want so desperately to hide […]

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