For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Naming is an essential task when telling a story as it allows us to examine behavior, motivations, character traits, historical significance and to make personal connections for healing and growth. It allows us to connect the dots and to point out patterns. Properly identifying persons, naming the problems and putting our finger on our reality is paramount. However, it is not […]
Read MoreFormer President Jimmy Carter and founder of the New Baptist Covenant has long accepted the call to the ministry of reconciliation and sees the spike in race- related incidents as a call to serve this generation. Seeing race as apart of the attacks on the Obama presidency and the rise of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate […]
Read MoreTalking about race may be easier than seeing race, especially when it could hit close to home. Despite the increased visibility of racist interactions or racialized incidents (to the credit of cell phones and social media), seeing the race problem around us or even within us might prove harder to see. And it does not […]
Read MoreSo often in matters of race, we only talk about the impact of oppression, the effects of blackness and the negative impact of the social construct of race. But, race has a bright side. It’s called privilege, white privilege. While we are familiar with “the race card” and now due to this presidential election cycle […]
Read MoreThere seems to be no end to all things heart- wrenching, disturbing, troubling, questionable, unbelievable. This 24- hour news cycle is keeping me awake at night as I seek to know what’s happening right up to the minute. The exclusive coverage is relentless, merciless even in its pursuit for the next top story and I am all ears for “news […]
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The Raceless Gospel 