What more can we say about race?

November 14, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

“I’m a problem. You’re a problem. We’re all a problem.” That about sums up any conversation on race. We have told “them” and “you people” how we feel for more than four hundred years and there have been responses. We have enslaved, traded, murdered, marched, sat in, sung about it, been falsely accused, jailed and […]

Facing Race

November 13, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Have you heard of “Facing Race”? It’s a national conference that seeks racial justice and though I don’t believe that there is any justice in race and they are not talking about the race-less life (I suppose that I am ahead of my time here.) at least they are wrestling with their realities with the […]

I’ve heard it all before

November 10, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

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 […]

Why Race Remains Relevant

November 7, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’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 […]

Race will not get my vote

November 4, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’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 […]

The Raceless Gospel

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