For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I wonder when we will put the two together– race and racism. Theirs is a partnership; the two go hand- in- hand as you cannot have one without the other. In fact, one cannot function without the other. Racism is not the problem. Racism is the way that the system of race works. Racism is […]
Read MoreI must confess that I am not a fan of Black Entertainment Television, also known as BET. I cannot understand the stereotypical depiction and degradation of African American bodies billed as entertainment; for me, the name is duplicitous. And I don’t need to be entertained by these messages and images. But, I digress. This morning, when a coworker, who does […]
Read MoreI recently listened to an interview on racial reconciliation. When the African American man was asked about the way to reconciliation by his European American interviewer and self- described “white ally,” he started the conversation with American slavery. I was immediately struck by the fact that he felt the need to start there, that reconciliation […]
Read MoreI love prayer. Despite the popularity of social media, status updates and tweets do not compare to sharing a prayer request with God. There is no better connection. The fact that we can be in direct dialogue with the Divine, a kind of call and response between heaven and earth, amazes me. I delight in […]
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 […]
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The Raceless Gospel 