For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
“Solidarity challenges any tendency to establish a relational identity by identifying exclusively with a finite community. If we overidentify with one community, even a particular church, we tend to become defensive about rival communities. This misplaced devotion leads to inner division and social defensiveness. When a finite community becomes the exclusive source of value and […]
Read More“Once you go black, you don’t go back.” This is a common expression used to express the supreme relational skills and/or sexual abilities of African American men and women. It is used to suggest that there is a marked difference between socially colored black people and other socially colored people groups when it comes to […]
Read MoreI am reminded each time I devote time to the reading of sacred Scripture how much of it remains unknown to me. Who can comprehend it all? What mind can grasp or contain it all? For something new is revealed to me each time that I open to a book or a letter. A new […]
Read MoreWe watch videos, listen to lectures and purchase the latest books on how to be non- offensive and non- threatening advocates, anti- racists and ambassadors of racial reconciliation. Or, we expect explanations and apologies from complete strangers of the space, time and condition that we speak of. “They” weren’t there but it’s their fault. “They” weren’t aware of […]
Read More“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart is also.” ~ […]
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