Race: How do you see it?

January 14, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

~ An author unknown Colored people. Do we really see beige, black, brown, red, yellow, and white people? By this, I mean, do you see persons who’s skin is physically colored this way living with you, walking past you, standing in line or behind the counter at the grocery store? If the answer is no and I […]

Will there be another?

January 11, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Witnesses. That’s what we need more of. We need more persons to stand up and say, “I see change.” And they can see change because they have vowed to be a part of it. They see it in themselves. This starts with truth- telling. It is challenging. But, it is the only way that we […]

Sticks and Stones: What race will never hurt

January 7, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

There is a childhood chant, a buffer against bullies that I was taught as a child: “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” The words came to mind yesterday but they had changed a little: “Sticks and stones may break my bones but race will never hurt me.” To […]

The Race Problem: When You’re Tired of Eating Elephant

January 4, 2015.Reading time 8 minutes.

Some one asked the question, “How do you eat an elephant?” Some one else answered, “One bite at a time.” I don’t know who eats elephant or thinks that they can eat it all. I never have and don’t think that I would have the taste for one. Who wrote this menu anyway? Still, for […]

What it takes to be post- racial

December 28, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

There is so much talk about our inability to be post- racial. Just the mention of the world will cause persons to recount the various deeds of racism and to conclude that we are tragically bound to our flesh and its attributes, that we are the social coloring of skin. These persons speak of race’s […]

The Raceless Gospel

Category: Race