For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Healing the racial divide in the nation will take the Church’s leadership,” says Bishops Harry Jackson and T.D. Jakes who are the leaders of a new attempt to position the church as a source of healing and reconciliation in matters of race. Their website features a letter to President Barack Obama, “Practical Steps Toward Racial […]
Read More“How long will we waver between two opinions?” ~ First Kings 18.21 Delivered on the steps of Montgomery, Alabama’s State Capitol, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech after a successful march from Selma to Montgomery on March 25, 1965. I was reminded of his words after hearing someone say, “We’ve come […]
Read MoreLet’s keep the conversation going. I love resources like these as they offer to those who are journeying with me a look at what often informs my understanding and writings on race and its progeny. Tiffany Jana talks about social privileges. She challenges some of the assumptions that come along with these cultural biases […]
Read MoreFamed author of “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack,” Peggy McIntosh talks privilege and unpacks the meaning of social privilege, positive projections and unearned social disadvantages. She dispels the myth of meritocracy, the oppression of male privilege, privilege systems and so much more at Tedx in Timberlane.
Read MoreIf race has offended your identity, threatened your sense of community, attacked your neighbor, provoked only by prejudice, then you should say something. You should confront race and you should not be afraid to “speak the truth in love,” telling her or him, the ominous “they” and “them” that what was said was prejudiced or […]
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The Raceless Gospel 