Faith seeking understanding– without race
I have been reading and writing about race since I was a freshmen in college. It is the time when most if not all young adults ask the question, “Who am I?” Like Howard Thurman, I asked, “Who am I really?” It would set me on a path to understand why my human being was […]
Read MoreAmerica first. For some, this slogan sounds like we are getting our priorities together. We need to focus on our economy and give jobs to real Americans– as if the persons who are employed at these businesses are not real people with real needs. Still, we need to take from them in order give it to us. […]
Read More“(Justice) cries out in the streets; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner, she cries out; at the entrance of the city gate she speaks: ‘How long, O (crooked ones will you love being crooked)?’”[1] No matter where we are or where we find ourselves, there are cries for justice. The […]
Read MoreShe is a graduate of Dartmouth and the associate professor of the practice of reconciliation at Duke Divinity School. Sharing her personal story, Dr. Christena Cleveland invites us into her life and the reality of the privileges that she received from her parents. She unpacks the meanings of privilege, challenges the myth of individualism and explains why we need to pray privilege forward.
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 […]
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The Raceless Gospel 