For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Today, I attended a briefing at the White House with sixty other Baptists from around the nation; afterwards, I attended a debriefing over a very late lunch; and after that, I attended a ministers meeting at the church where I currently serve. To say the least, it has been a long day but it’s been […]
Read MoreIt is a difficult task, searching the self for answers that don’t belong. They were perhaps left with us in haste with the thought that we would return them or throw them away later. An experience of prejudice as either witness or victim, the use of a racial slur at the dinner table that just […]
Read MoreTo be socially colored “white” is to enter a world where one is perceived to be godlike in appearance and ability. Before opening one’s mouth, it is believed that one has the answers and is the solution. “You are the right person. You are just the person that we’ve been looking for.” Before one has done anything, one inherits […]
Read MoreThere are those of us that would argue that money rules the world but I believe that money has a viable competitor: color. For many people, the social coloring of one’s skin determines whether or not you will carry the world on your shoulder or spin it on your finger like a Harlem Globetrotter. The […]
Read More“Black people don’t talk like that.” “White people don’t think like that.” “Red people don’t act like that.” “Yellow people don’t listen to that.” “Brown people don’t dress like that.” Beige (i.e. those socially designated as belonging to two “races” and therefore of a “mixed racial heritage”) people don’t look like that.” Who sets these […]
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The Raceless Gospel 