The idea of a race-less life created an interruption in my regularly scheduled social programming. Before then, I had always tuned in. I knew all of the characters and their story lines. I read books about them, collected images and shared stories of my run-ins with prejudice and stereotypes. I suppose I was more of […]
“Hallelujah! My soul, praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. Do not trust in nobles, in man, who cannot save. When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die.” ~Psalm 146.1-4 “I’m not upset […]
The human being is no mystery. There are witnesses to our beginning and our end, persons who have gone before us and who will follow, persons to bring us into the world and to carry us out of it. Our ignorance of each other does not mean that we are not known or able to […]
I have read the multifarious meanings of race and believe that I have an acceptable understanding of its progeny. Having traced the beginnings of race to travel writings and other stories that attempted to figure out why human beings are different in appearance and ability, I know, as do many others, that race is a […]
Does race belong here? Does it belong with me? How does it claim membership with my body and its purpose? What makes its status legal? When did race come to me and should there have been a border there, a no trespassing sign, a watchman on the wall? What does race have to learn or pledge, how does […]