For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“I am beige, brown, black, red, yellow, white.” What do we mean when we define ourselves by the social coloring of skin? Because calling yourself a color will not answer who you are. And the social construct of race does not tell us who or why we are but what we are– colored people. More it […]
Read More“Mirror, mirror on the wall… Whiteness is the fairest of them all.” What do we need or expect to see of ourselves that calls for the social construct of race? What of our humanity is made visible, evident, real when we become colored people? What can we not see without the lens of race? What […]
Read MoreToday is the Harlem Renaissance writer, busboy and poet’s birthday. Born in 1902, his words remind us that while we deem ourselves progressive, the words of Ecclesiastes still hold true: “There is nothing new under the sun” (1.9). In honor of his life and proof that we have a lot of work to do are the […]
Read MoreAmerica first. For some, this slogan sounds like we are getting our priorities together. We need to focus on our economy and give jobs to real Americans– as if the persons who are employed at these businesses are not real people with real needs. Still, we need to take from them in order give it to us. […]
Read MoreSeventy- two years ago today, more than seven thousand people were freed from concentration camps in Auschwitz. Occurring long before I or my mother was born, this story still sickens me. I can barely look at the pictures of those who suffered at the hands of Hitler’s henchmen. Today, I remember those who were kidnapped, robbed, marked/ numbered/ […]
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The Raceless Gospel 