Talking Race with a Toddler who wasn’t Talking about Race at All

December 10, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Tamika Thompson’s recent New York Times article highlights the importance of discerning exactly what our children, big and small, are really talking about. While playing with her dolls, her daughter asked her to hand her “the black one.” Tamika writes that she and her husband had done all the right things to ensure that their […]

Race Fact #41: Race Morality

December 9, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What is race morality? Race morality (also known as apartheid) is “to ensure the supremacy of one’s own people. When you make your own survival your supreme moral value, you are capable of almost anything.” ~ Mr. Peyton, Apartheid in South Africa documentary (1957)

The Apartheid Museum

December 8, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” ~ Nelson Mandela If you would like to learn more about apartheid in South Africa, please visit the Apartheid Museum, which opened in 2001. In addition to exhibits, the museum offers […]

A Brief History of South African Apartheid (circa 1957)

December 7, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A documentary film on apartheid in South Africa captures the role of women in its resistance and the challenges of reconciling one’s faith in Christ while maintaining the practice of apartheid. One person being interviewed said, “One of the mystifying things to me is how anybody who claims to be a Christian can be a […]