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.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “The Danger of a Single Story”

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I think that her name is its own introduction.  If you don’t know her name, you will not forget it after watching this Ted Talk.  Because I do not want to ruin the surprise that her truths will reveal, I will end my commentary here and invite you to examine the single stories that you have […]

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Confessing the Sins of Race

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We have talked about the social construct of race, its meaning and implications for our lives for years.  Now, I think that it is time for us to not only acknowledge our complicity, name our experience and challenge the lies that we have been told based on the social construct of race but to confess […]

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Race is but a candidate

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The election season is almost over and we’ve seen more changes than winter, spring, summer and fall combined.   We can’t prepare for it.  We can’t plan for it.  Exhausted by the debates and the news reports that follow, I think that I am experiencing political fatigue.  I am counting down the days until it’s over.  […]

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Beyond Black & White

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  Beyond black and white.  It is the title of a popular book by Manning Marable.  He begins his introduction this way: “Black and white. As long as I can remember, the fundamentally defining feature in my life, and the lives of my family, was the stark reality of race.  Angular and unforgiving, race was […]

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Against the Wall

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A powerful public service announcement about police brutality was released a few days ago by Harry Belafonte’s sankofa.org. Notable faces are against the wall, reminding viewers that it can happen to any one.  Let’s continue the conversation on police brutality and why we remain hard- pressed to find answers.  Think about it as if you […]

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