For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
It is no surprise to most Americans that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made yet another political misstep and refuses to take a step back to examine himself. Trump recently said that federal judge Gonzalo Curiel, a Mexican American born in Chicago and a graduate of Indiana University, is biased against him. Trump believes that he would […]
Read MoreTalking about race may be easier than seeing race, especially when it could hit close to home. Despite the increased visibility of racist interactions or racialized incidents (to the credit of cell phones and social media), seeing the race problem around us or even within us might prove harder to see. And it does not […]
Read MoreA report released on May 5, Barna focuses on racial tension in America after the widespread attention garnered by the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and many others. Using the mixed response of persons to the Black Lives Matter movement, respondents are asked about their experience with race and their beliefs about the social […]
Read MoreMore than a chant or a hash tag, it cannot be argued that Black Lives Matter is a movement, putting pressure on social structures that continue to value some lives more than others. Eerily similar to the declaration “I am a man” made during the Civil Rights Movement, I, along with so many others, cannot […]
Read MoreIt is the title of a new book that offers readings on race, racism and racial violence. Professors Chad Williams, Kidada Williams, and Keisha N. Blain, its authors, offer this collection of writings in hopes of strengthening our conversations about race after the Charleston massacre on June 17, 2015. On this terrible day, twenty- one […]
Read More
The Raceless Gospel 