I know that my work is hard, that my words are difficult, that a race-less gospel can be hard to believe and believe in. I believe it and initially, I was afraid to say it. It was not that I felt it was wrong, that I was not “fully persuaded,” that I thought that I […]
“We need the courage to create ourselves daily.” ~ Maya Angelou Race is finished. It is done with us. It has nothing new to add but has concluded that we are more of the same. We are all just colored people. Race stereotypes us, box us up, prepackaged us long before we were born. It […]
Racial eliminativism. Try saying that three times fast. This tongue twister is not the work of our beloved Dr. Seuss but scholars like K. Anthony Appiah, Lawrence Blum, J. Angelo Corlett, Ashley Montagu and Naomi Zack. I hope to be added to this list and here’s why. Racial eliminativists believe in the elimination of race. […]
At a Ted talk at Emory University, Dr. Camara Jones talks about race, the construction of racial categories and how it impacts the ways in which we interpret our appearance and existence in the world through allegory. She deconstructs race and racism and in so doing, strips it of its power and influence, leaving the […]
Race has a lot to say about you and me, “us” and “them.” This social construct tells us who we are and will be, where to go and where we are not welcome, whether we are in or out, center or margin. Race tells us where we belong and when. A director of our society, […]