Category: Race

What are you thinking?

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“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” ~ Philippians 4.8, NRSV “We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God […]

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Race Fact #23: America Has A Race Problem

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“It is not accurate or, for these times, bold enough to just say America has a race problem; … America is a race problem.” ~ Haki R. Madhubuti, Why L.A. Happened: Implications of the ’92 Los Angeles Rebellion

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Speak Up

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Jeffrey Weiss expresses discontent with the lack of response from European American led churches on the Zimmerman verdict in his recent post “White churches uncommonly quiet after Zimmerman verdict” on CNN’s belief blog.

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Will we every get beyond race?

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After courageously sharing with readers his struggles with “irrational and unbiblical” fear of those who were culturally different from him, Peter Chin asks this question in an opinion piece on the Christianity Today website.  Though he is honest about what educational training and good intentions won’t do with regard to eradicating prejudice, Chin sees the possibility for changes […]

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Race Makes Us Call God Names

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Writing that she now understands the Rev. Dr. William Jones’ book Is God a white racist?: A Preamble to Black Theology, University of Pennsylvania professor and contributing editor to Religion Dispatches, Dr. Anthea Butler, joins him in calling God a “white racist” after a not guilty verdict was handed down in the trial of George Zimmerman over the […]

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