A documentary produced by MTV focuses on what it means to be “young and white in America.” The social construct of race has been apart of the nature, national dialogue and the news circuit for as long as the United States has been in existence. The definition of whiteness has gone through numerous revisions and […]
I am still dumbfounded and disgusted by the recent on- air shooting of Miss Alison Parker and Mr. Adam Ward. I have no words that would fully describe or give voice to my grief and the inability to remove myself from such horror since the killer turned the cameras against us as it were. Like […]
Last week, we moved into a new apartment. It is open concept with nice upgrades but the heat of August and the energy drain of moving could have taken away the shine of the new appliances. In hindsight, perhaps, it was heat exhaustion. I probably should have drank more water and rested a bit. But, […]
This is the finding of a recent study conducted by researchers at Baylor University, the University of Southern California and the University of Chicago. The study , “United by Faith? Race/Ethnicity, Congregational Diversity, and Explanations of Racial Inequality,” was published in the journal Sociology of Religion. As you can imagine, it has gotten some people talking […]
I have been thinking about why I think the way that I do about race. I am well- read on the historical origins of the social construct of race and current practice of its progeny, here being prejudice, stereotypes, white privilege and racial profiling. I hear the stories and have been a part of my […]