For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
She carries combs and mirrors, bobby pins and safety pins, peppermints, lotion and hand sanitizer. She carries sewing kits and postage stamps, school and sports calendars. She carries teething rings, Tylenol and toddler toys. She carries stories and wisdom, Kleenexes and our secrets. She carries extra— bearing the weight of us all while anticipating what […]
Read MoreIt was Carter G. Woodson’s favorite poem and promises to be one of mine. Edgar A. Guest was born in Birmingham, England but moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan. He was known as the People’s Poet and is the author of “Equipment.” I look forward to sharing this truth with my son during our […]
Read MoreWe talk about race all the time. It is the thought that is on the forefront of our minds and the word that is on the tip of our tongues. When something bad happens, we say, “Race did it.” When something bad happens, we say, “Race did it.” According to our conversations and life’s aspirations, […]
Read More“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” ~ Romans 12.3, NRSV Race has two extremes when it comes to identity: […]
Read More“Hitler’s dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law.” ~ Alan Bullock, British historian and author “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” ~ Ephesians 5.11 Among other things, I would describe race as an “unfruitful work of darkness.” It is a work that […]
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The Raceless Gospel 