For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Another hashtag. #JacobBlake was shot on August 23rd by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The viral video shows him being followed by the officers to the driver’s side of his car. They are attempting to arrest him after a domestic dispute. A new video shows him struggling with the officers near the back of his […]
Read More“You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.” | James Baldwin Pushing back on society’s image of you takes strength, discipline and conviction. There is no easy way out, no clearly marked and accessible option other than the racialized ones. You will […]
Read More“There is a dream in the land. With its back against the wall. To save the dream for one, it must be saved for all.” | Langston Hughes Back against the wall and faced with brick headed people, I will go forward, no matter what is pressed against me, no matter how close hatred gets […]
Read More“What can we do?” “We need to say something!” For many church leaders, who still see themselves as an authority despite the cultural shift away from religious institutions, the most appropriate response is to do the work of decolonizing your institution or place of influence, to speak up early, often and publicly about the […]
Read MoreWell, Church, times have changed before we could call a business meeting or change our bylaws as the protests around the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and countless others draw a dividing line between generations. Without a committee vote or a conversation with “the powers that be,” confederate moments are […]
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The Raceless Gospel 