Camara Jones talks about race and racism using allegories

January 24, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

At a Ted talk at Emory University, Dr. Camara Jones talks about race, the construction of racial categories and how it impacts the ways in which we interpret our appearance and existence in the world through allegory. She deconstructs race and racism and in so doing, strips it of its power and influence, leaving the […]

Eric Deggans shows us “How to talk about race”

January 23, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Author and journalist, Eric Deggans leads a discussion on race at a Ted talk in Bloomington and puts the social construct in its place. Well- informed and well- intentioned, he makes the uncomfortable conversation comfortable and invites us all to “jump in.”

Who does race say that I am?

January 22, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

Race has a lot to say about you and me, “us” and “them.” This social construct tells us who we are and will be, where to go and where we are not welcome, whether we are in or out, center or margin. Race tells us where we belong and when. A director of our society, […]

The view from the mountaintop

January 21, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the most memorable speech of the 20th century. His “I have a dream” speech is ranked number one on most lists and in the minds of many Americans. No one has said anything to surpass it. No one has dreamed bigger. In fact, we have yet to […]

King’s last speech: “I’ve been to the mountaintop”

January 15, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I am glad that I have a dream. Persons have said one way or another keep on dreaming, dismissing the possibility of this promised land of citizens who are not judged based on the (social) color of their skin. And I will. I will keep on dreaming like so many others before me. Perhaps, you […]

The Raceless Gospel

Category: Race