Finding Ourselves When We Lose Race

I know the story of race but I am not the storyteller.  I know the history of racism but I am not the historian.  I have had the experiences of prejudice and stereotyping but I am not their victim.  I know the world but I am not a citizen.  I do not belong in a […]

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Approximately Ten Power Thoughts For Living Without Race

I think about race and its absence in the presence of our humanity every day.  I pray for wisdom and ways to communicate the absolute certainty that God did not create us to be judged by the social coloring of our skin.  I have heard this message loud and clear from God.  Now, I cannot […]

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J. Kameron Carter on “Post- Racial Blues”

For a few days now, I have been mulling over the various meanings and interpretations of post- racial– not only for me but for others.  I want to continue to think about what the idea, the ideal and the aspiration of a post- racial society means.  J. Kameron Carter, an Associate Professor in Systematic Theology […]

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Redefining Post- Racial

post-ra·cial adjective denoting or relating to a period or society in which racial prejudice and discrimination no longer exist. “a post-racial era” There are numerous books on the meaning, the possibility and impossibility of a post- racial America, a post- racial society, a post- racial world.  I have a few on my bookshelves.  There was […]

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Building the New

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ~ Socrates Well- said, Socrates.  I had been searching for the words to explain my emphasis on ridding myself of race while not exerting any new energy on old fights.  I have been asked […]

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