Category: Race

Race is not a Mirror

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“Mirror, mirror on the wall… Whiteness is the fairest of them all.” What do we need or expect to see of ourselves that calls for the social construct of race?  What of our humanity is made visible, evident, real when we become colored people?  What can we not see without the lens of race?  What […]

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Langston Hughes’ “Note to All Nazis Fascists and Klansmen”

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Today is the Harlem Renaissance writer, busboy and poet’s birthday.  Born in 1902, his words remind us that while we deem ourselves progressive, the words of Ecclesiastes still hold true: “There is nothing new under the sun” (1.9).  In honor of his life and proof that we have a lot of work to do are the […]

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The Burden of Hatred

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“I have decided to stick with love.  Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ~ The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today, we remember the work and witness of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  It is terribly unfortunate that we are still marching, protesting, singing, “We shall overcome.”  Another generation has […]

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I Am Not Your Negro

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“I am not a nigger.  I am a man.  If you think that I am a nigger, it means you need it.  And you have got to find out why. The future of our country depends on that.” ~ James Baldwin It is the title of a documentary slated to be released on February 3 and […]

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The Separation of Race and Faith

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The social construct of race and its commandments are often used as supplemental material for the Bible.  Or, we take out the characters of the Bible altogether and insert our culture– but no one else’s.  God’s promises are for us and not them.  God is talking to us and not them.  The social construct of […]

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