For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
There is no such thing as a good or true stereotype. A stereotype is “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.” It is “an image perpetuated without change” that may or may not be based in an actual experience. It is a “solid […]
Read MoreA new website, http://www.changethenamenow.org, is calling for the NFL to change the name of its Washington, D.C. football team because the name ‘redskin’ is a racial slur. They have included a petition and hopes: That the Washington NFL franchise changes its name, mascot and logo; That the franchise develops a public educational campaign on the […]
Read MoreO, give thanks to race for it is good and its stereotypes endure forever. God forbid. Exactly why are we so thankful for race, so proud to be black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige? And why are we content with being racial beings/ colored people, passing down the names and stereotypes of our culture and […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post writer Eugene Robinson reminds us in “Hail to the Washingtons” that it’s not just about sports and we cannot continue to play the game of race (i.e. denial, silent acceptance, blame- shifting, ‘historical fantasy’) as usual. The use of the racial slur ‘red skin’ is inappropriate in every other context and should never […]
Read MoreThe Oneida Indian Nation continues its fight against the use of the racial slur “redskin” by the Washington, D.C. football team reports The Washington Post. And they have a spokesperson, Ray Albritter, who has met with NFL executives and recently, President Obama. Dan Snyder, the team’s owner, is not backing down and neither is the […]
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The Raceless Gospel 