For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
We give and spend millions of dollars in hopes of curing diseases that infect the body and prematurely take the lives of those we love. Worthy causes they all are. We also need to invest in a cure for race. This social infection compromises our relationships, vanquishes our self- awareness and understanding of our neighbors, […]
Read MoreRev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, the Associate Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, wrote in his book The Christian Imagination: The Theology and Origins of Race: “In truth, it is not at all clear that most Christians are ready to imagine reconciliation.” I had to pause there. Not only was it […]
Read MoreWhile I may be able to talk about race and write about its effects from week to week without a panic attack, I know that this is a difficult conversation for much of America. There are so many sides to this story that it is exhausting to think about all that we need to say. […]
Read More“However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: For the black man, there is only one destiny. And it is white.” ~ Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks “This contradictory longing to possess the reality of the Other, even though that reality is one that wounds […]
Read MoreWhiteness is not an identity but a privilege. It is the only real race card for if whiteness ceased to exist, so would all the other social colors. We could all throw our hands in. Game over. But, no deal. It is handed out, passed down as an American inheritance for the have’s. But, have not […]
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The Raceless Gospel 