For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” ~ Jeremiah 1.5, NRSV How does God know us? This opening statement of God’s calling of the Old Testament weeping prophet Jeremiah says that God knows us a part […]
Read MoreI couldn’t say black or white or red or yellow or beige or brown anymore. I just couldn’t refer to people by social colors, pretending that their skin offered some innate, inherent meaning, that it suggested the manner in which they should be viewed and subsequently treated. I didn’t believe in race and there was […]
Read MoreThis is what Denzel Washington told his daughter, Olivia, who is currently a student at NYU as shared with the Hollywood Reporter and posted on the Color Lines website: “I tell my daughter — she’s at NYU — I say: ‘You’re black, you’re a woman, and you’re dark-skinned at that. So you have to be a […]
Read MoreIn an article titled “Riots, Slave States, and Kool-Aid: Race Talk After the Election,” the website offers a review of some of the responses to the re-election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. May the Lord grant us peace and understanding during this time of seeming economic uncertainty and political disappointment, remembering that God’s […]
Read MoreThe Applied Research Center is hosting the 2012 Facing Race Conference in Baltimore, Maryland from November 15-17, 2012. “Facing Race is a conference like no other– it is the largest national, multi-racial gathering of leaders, educators, journalists, artists, and activists on racial justice. Attendees share their knowledge on advocating for racial justice in all walks […]
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The Raceless Gospel 