For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Christianity Today contributor Mark Galli writes about race and the gifts that the church brings to the conversation in an article titled “Hope in the Face of Intractable Racism.” Gall questions doubts we will ever be done with racism, challenging laws that intend to “eradicate all forms of racism” and suggesting that it will take more […]
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On Tuesday, author and journalist Neely Tucker sat down with Kojo Nnambdi to discuss the release of Harper Lee’s new/old novel, Go Set a Watchman. I had seen the controversy over the characterization of Atticus Finch brewing online since the Wall Street Journal published the first chapter of Watchman…
Race hurts. Believing that I or you are a problem causes pain because people love people. This perspective suggests that the world is not perfect because of my presence or yours. And we spend much of our time together or apart talking about ways to rid ourselves of “you people.” But, what if race is […]
Read MoreRace has the power to silence us. Whatever the reason- boredom, distraction, guilt, shame, ignorance, apathy or exhaustion- we stop talking about race. We change with the news cycle and move on to the next story. Because the conversation is so sad, so taxing, so difficult. It hurts too much. It’s scary. It will take […]
Read More“Hi. I’m white. You’re black. Let’s be friends.” This kind of introduction is too simple and superficial. It’s also not realistic. Relationships that begin or are connected to one’s racial identity will ultimately lack true feeling and are not rooted in reality but stuck in social temperatures that could go up or down, depending on […]
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The Raceless Gospel 