I don’t know how I know this but I am fully persuaded and absolutely certain that people are not colors. I cannot put my finger on the proof, unless I count myself, but I do not believe that the summary of my human existence or yours lies in the social coloring of skin, the shape […]
“If at first an idea does not sound absurd, then there is no hope for it.” ~ Albert Einstein I am not sharing the most popular message. It has certainly been perceived as naive, misinformed and premature. I seem to have missed a few steps, be lacking in experience or unable to see the full […]
“Labels are not for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.” ~ Martina Navratilova Race is not permanent; it is not written in stone but on the hearts of humanity. We need only lose faith in it, lose heart in its prejudicial convictions. Patrick Lindsay says that labels are “a one- word […]
Diversity training won’t fix this. Carefully crafted apologies are absurd. Protests and candle light vigils miss the point and the greater need. I don’t want to hold hands and sing of what will be. I don’t want to reenact it, create a choreography that walks in his footsteps. And justice is not the word. I’ll […]
“See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.” ~ Hebrews 12.15, NRSV Race gives us permission to think and do and be a lot of things, whether they are healthy or not, Christlike or […]