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.

Blaming Race

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I don’t like the social coloring of your skin.  I don’t like the way that it makes me feel.  Why are you not like me? I don’t like your hair.  I don’t know what I would do with it.  I can’t put my finger on it.  Can I touch it? I don’t like your eyes; […]

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Healing Relationships

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We give and spend millions of dollars in hopes of curing diseases that infect the body and prematurely take the lives of those we love.  Worthy causes they all are.  We also need to invest in a cure for race.  This social infection compromises our relationships, vanquishes our self- awareness and understanding of our neighbors, […]

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A Vision of Reconciliation

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Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, the Associate Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, wrote in his book The Christian Imagination: The Theology and Origins of Race: “In truth, it is not at all clear that most Christians are ready to imagine reconciliation.”  I had to pause there.  Not only was it […]

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When you don’t know what to say

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Good Morning America’s (GMA) Amy Robach is not a having a good morning right now.  She said the wrong word during an on- air show.  To be sure, it was a racial slur: colored people. I know, I know.  It’s really close to the word now being used: people of color.  But, not really. People of […]

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Not So Black and White

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While I may be able to talk about race and write about its effects from week to week without a panic attack, I know that this is a difficult conversation for much of America.  There are so many sides to this story that it is exhausting to think about all that we need to say.  […]

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