For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
It’s not easy. We are familiar with and know the feel of the social construct of race. We know what to expect of it and for all the faults that we find with race, we are too familiar with its prejudices, too accustomed to its stereotypes, too comfortable with the life lived racially to let […]
Read MoreWhile I understand the angst, disgust and frustration of those who hear the word post- racial and point quickly to the latest example of racialized injustice (also known as hubris, selfishness, self and other- hatred and self- deception), I struggle with communicating my need to move past the social construct of race. I am tired of […]
Read MoreBeauty,[byoo-tee], noun “the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind,whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).” I have posted signs and made appeals. I have searched all kinds […]
Read MoreDuke Divinity School’s Professor Willie James Jennings says, “Western Christianity has become entangled with racism and overthrowing this racial faith requires understanding its core components.” You can read the full article in the Spring edition of Divinity magazine; it is titled “Overcoming Racial Faith.”
Read MoreLife is not always a fight. It is not all struggle and wrestling, climbing and striving, pulling and pushing. Still, there are persons who move from argument to argument, from injustice to injustice, from one offense to the next. If we would listen to them, they would have us believe that there are no respites […]
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The Raceless Gospel 