For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Race frustrates me for many reasons but one that I can’t seem to make sense of is the repetition. Race has not said anything new about any human being to date. And I’m tired of hearing the same old story of us versus them, the same old fears: they are going to get you or […]
Read MoreI’ve done a lot of reading on race and its progeny, on the effects of our hatreds, on the traditions of prejudice. As a child, it began as an interest, a hobby. I was naturally drawn to things that were race- related. Not dolls, miniature kitchen sets or even sports but books, movies, pictures that […]
Read MoreI’ve heard it all before, same candidate, same speech. Race’s promises are more of the same: “I’ll give you more hatred and reminders to separate. I’ll raise your fears about others and your doubts about yourself. A vote for me is a vote for less of you. Now, get out there and vote for what […]
Read MoreRace is not all there is to us. We are not the social coloring of skin. We are not just epidermis. There is an inside of us that we barely address, that we rarely acknowledge that is impacted by this overwhelming focus on the external, the outside of us. Frankly, race is no part of […]
Read MoreMany of us see ourselves as a colored person. We are black people, white people, red people, brown people, yellow people, beige people. Well, maybe the first two are true. The color wheel doesn’t turn beyond black and white for much of America. Instead, much more of American society and even other parts of […]
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The Raceless Gospel 