For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I hate the descriptor “people of color.” First, the phrase suggests that “color” is the principle identifier for human beings. Secondly, white is a color too. Lastly, it smacks of separation. There are people of color and then, there are just people or people of no color, I guess. My distaste was confirmed while reading […]
Read MoreLike you, I inherited the identity that comes with the social construct of race and also the burden of its life and history. Initially, I accepted it. I didn’t know of any other option or way of being so I learned about being black. I read books and watched documentaries on Black history. I took […]
Read MoreThis year’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Leadership Summit featured author Trillia Newbell. Her book United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity is discussed and she offers practical steps for reconciliation in relationship.
Read MoreYou’ve got time for this class and it is brought to you by Jenée Desmond Harris. It is a lesson that must be learned and that bears repeating. Harris starts from the beginning of race and no, she does not begin in the book of Genesis. Lie #1 struck down. Race is not that old. […]
Read MoreI am continuing to explore the varied definitions and understandings of race in hopes of getting to the root of our tensions concerning it. I want to disprove them all. Ultimately, it is my desire to rid the social construct of its illusions and mystery by pinning it down with concrete descriptors. It is important […]
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The Raceless Gospel 