Why do I proclaim a raceless gospel when there is so much faith in race? Why do I scribble over words in books that color- code our shared humanity and repeat the appropriate cultural designations aloud? We are not black but African Americans. We are […]
Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has admitted to wearing a racist costume and has apologized. In his 1984 medical school yearbook, there appears someone dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan and another in blackface. Tonight, persons are calling for his resignation. While I take issue with his decision to wear either “costume” […]
His book arrived in the mail yesterday. I must confess that it is one of forty books that I have ordered in recent weeks. New home, new bookshelves, I am creating a library to support my future work on the raceless gospel. I want to be surrounded by these conversation partners. I have also decided […]
We’ve got to come back to ourselves. We’ve got to take more than a few steps back and we will have to step on more than a few toes in the process. But, let’s begin to walk it back. Let’s go back to the beginning. Return to the first Word that is certain to be […]