For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Names have always been a problem for black people in America… our names bespeak the tangles of American culture—miscegenation, issues of property and ownership, the peculiar violence of our past—in the same way our skins do.” ~C.S. Giscombe, Into and Out of Dislocation, 2000 First a noose is found at the National Museum of African […]
Read MoreJames Baldwin looked down at the red clay hills of Georgia and thought “that this earth had acquired its color from the blood that dripped down from the trees.” That lynching is a part of America’s troubled history cannot be overstated and yet it is not often talked about. Still, Billie Holiday sang of its […]
Read MoreHow shall we honor the fallen and our veterans? Patriotism and with it, nationalism are problematic words for they carry at least two meanings and several sides to the story of our democracy. We need only look to Frederick Douglass’ speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” to realize our differences of […]
Read MoreIn America, many of us have a long distance relationship with persons of other cultures. Attempts have been made to describe the nature of our interactions as a melting pot (used to describe a place where persons of different cultures, beliefs and practices are mixed together) or a salad bowl (used to describe a place where cultures reside together while maintaining their distinctions). […]
Read MoreAs many of us gear up for summer vacations with flip flops, sunglasses and sunscreen, I want to remind us of the journey offered in books. Words can take us places. Within their pages are invitations to journey not just to distant and magical lands but to places closer to home, to undiscovered holy sites […]
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The Raceless Gospel 