For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
The election season is almost over and we’ve seen more changes than winter, spring, summer and fall combined. We can’t prepare for it. We can’t plan for it. Exhausted by the debates and the news reports that follow, I think that I am experiencing political fatigue. I am counting down the days until it’s over. […]
Read MoreBeyond black and white. It is the title of a popular book by Manning Marable. He begins his introduction this way: “Black and white. As long as I can remember, the fundamentally defining feature in my life, and the lives of my family, was the stark reality of race. Angular and unforgiving, race was […]
Read MoreA powerful public service announcement about police brutality was released a few days ago by Harry Belafonte’s sankofa.org. Notable faces are against the wall, reminding viewers that it can happen to any one. Let’s continue the conversation on police brutality and why we remain hard- pressed to find answers. Think about it as if you […]
Read MoreAnother day, another police officer-involved shooting. These national tragedies are happening with frightening regularity. So much so that we don’t need narration; we know the end from the beginning: “He had a gun.” “I felt that my life was in danger.” “He looks like a bad dude.” Release his mug shot. Talk about his past […]
Read More“We must constantly and critically explain the purpose, perversity and persistence of race as a relatively new category in modern history if we are to address racism effectively.” ~ David Roediger, How Race Survived U.S. History: From Settlement and Slavery to the Obama Phenomenon I am reminded often of the importance of this daily call […]
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The Raceless Gospel 