Called Everything But A Child Of God

April 30, 2012.Reading time 9 minutes.

Colored. Negro. Nigger. Coon. Monkey. Jigaboo. Blacky. African booty- scratcher. It seems that African Americans have been called names all of their social lives. Rooted in malice, these words should not serve as part of a greeting, be equated with other terms of relational endearment or accepted as cultural affirmations. The historical origin of these […]

O, race where is your victory?

April 12, 2012.Reading time 6 minutes.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak as […]

The Race Card Project

March 31, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

The race card. Many persons have been accused of playing it, an idiomatic expression used to suggest that a person is racist or that her or his actions are racially motivated. It is the card that trumps all others; if this were a game of Monopoly, it might be comparable to a “Get out of […]

Do I Look Suspicious?

March 29, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

“Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.” ~I Samuel 16.7 Current students and alumni of Howard University, all members of HU for Trayvon Martin, attack the unfounded premise of racial profiliing and their sadness over the murder of Trayvon Martin in a video created by John Ledbetter. […]

A Prayer for George Zimmerman

March 28, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Dear God of Moses, a murderer and a leader of the people of Israel, I pray for my neighbor, George Zimmerman, that you would grant him safe sanctuary in Your hands. You are the refuge for us all– kindred and stranger, victim and perpetrator, suspicious and known, ally and enemy, us and them. I pray that no one […]

The Raceless Gospel

Category: Race and Culture