Bridges

Today, persons will remember the historic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge that occurred fifty years ago on Sunday, March 7, 1965. Already a movie, Selma will be a buzzword and a hash tag.  It will be a trending topic today and perhaps for a couple more after that. We will wear t- shirts and […]

Read More

“You people”: How our belief in race makes us self- righteous

I get the feeling that oppressed persons have been given the social identity of innocent, that we view oppressed persons as incapable of sinning due to their social condition, that we treat the oppressed as we do the dead and speak well of them out of respect though we know that this is not the […]

Read More

No Indictment: Lessons learned from Ferguson

Ferguson, Missouri has commanded the attention of many persons across the nation for months now.  Police brutality, even suspected excessive force in cases involving European American police officers and African American suspects, is a sensitive issue in America for many reasons, some of which are founded; others of which are not.  Many persons see this […]

Read More

No Justice; No Peace?

There have been peaceful protests during the day and rioting and looting at night in response to the death of a Ferguson, Missouri teen, Mr. Mike Brown.  While the details that led to his untimely death are unclear, the immediate response from the community and persons around the country due to the parties involved has […]

Read More

Trayvon Martin and the Nativity?

What do baby Jesus and Trayvon Martin have in common?  Violence.  “Jesus was born into a state of total vulnerability as an innocent unarmed child during a time of great violence much like Trayvon Martin… As a result, the original Christmas was a time of great grief and agony for many children and parents,” reads […]

Read More