For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Clearly, I am still thinking about the death of Freddie Gray and Officer Goodson, one of six officers charged with crimes that led to his untimely death. Officer Goodson has been charged with second degree depraved heart murder. Thanks to a twenty- four- hour news cycle and countless crime shows, I am too familiar with […]
Read MorePresident Barack Obama has called for “soul searching” but I wonder what are we in search of? What are we looking for that might challenge us to do what is right, just and fair in the eyes of the Law? What do we need that would allow us to look into the eyes of another […]
Read MoreDiversity training won’t fix this. Carefully crafted apologies are absurd. Protests and candle light vigils miss the point and the greater need. I don’t want to hold hands and sing of what will be. I don’t want to reenact it, create a choreography that walks in his footsteps. And justice is not the word. I’ll […]
Read MoreLawyer and advocate, Michelle Alexander talks about her concern for criminals and the prison system at a Tedx talk in Columbus. She argues that the criminal justice system functions like “a system of social control (“race control”) instead of crime control.” She argues that these prisons serve to create casts and manage “caste control.” And she […]
Read MoreThe mothers of four African American unarmed children and men killed by police officers or those aspiring to be one came together to talk with Anderson Cooper on CNN. It’s the first time the women have been in the same room though all of them are suffering from a similar loss, that of a child, […]
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The Raceless Gospel 