For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I often review the statistics for my blog but I’m not just interested in the numbers. While it is encouraging to know how many persons have read my posts, I am also interested in what led them to the blog. For this answer, I check the word searches. Sometimes, it’s the name of the blog […]
Read MoreOreos, bananas, apples, coffee… It sounds like the beginning of a grocery list but it is actually the way in which many of us speak of ourselves and others. Not only do we categorize ourselves according to the social coloring of skin but apparently, human beings come in food groups. Our attention to color, that is the social coloring […]
Read MoreAcccept it: racial supremacy. Blend it: melting pot. Ignore it: color blind. Deny it: white privilege. We have come up with many potential solutions to the presence of race in American society. None of which have rid us of the tension of this socially constructed human difference. When I was in elementary school, the image of the […]
Read MoreThe art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. — Gustave Flaubert Last night, my husband and I met up with a seminary colleague who is a Ph. D. candidate at Vanderbilt University, Arthur Carter, Jr. and his fiance, Nikki. We have not seen him since graduation and were very excited to meet his “betrothed.” Arthur […]
Read MoreThe Root continues the discussion on the purpose and necessity of “Black History Month” in an article “Black History Month: A source of pride or a hindrance?” by Fahima Haque. PBS will join in the debate on February 16 with a documentary, Ending Black History Month, by filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman. So, can one’s cultural history be crammed into […]
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The Raceless Gospel 