For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
It seems that we are not satisfied with our humanity, that there is always a need to be something more than human, super human, a special set of humans. In our quest, we often attempt to reduce the value and visibility of others. Because we cannot be more human unless we make others less human. We […]
Read MoreThe election season is almost over and we’ve seen more changes than winter, spring, summer and fall combined. We can’t prepare for it. We can’t plan for it. Exhausted by the debates and the news reports that follow, I think that I am experiencing political fatigue. I am counting down the days until it’s over. […]
Read MoreBeyond black and white. It is the title of a popular book by Manning Marable. He begins his introduction this way: “Black and white. As long as I can remember, the fundamentally defining feature in my life, and the lives of my family, was the stark reality of race. Angular and unforgiving, race was […]
Read MoreIf we are to overpower race, then we must change our position. Race is not ahead of us; instead, we are creating and re- creating race. So often is the case that what we create ends up controlling us. See all things technology. We forget that we are the molders and shapers, that we are […]
Read MoreWhat motivates and inspires me in this sacred work is the unconscious idolatry practiced, the investment of belief, the gut- level faithfulness exhibited toward race in the practice of the Christian faith. I have been called to separate race from God, to erase the color line in our churches and to do the groundwork for the ministry of reconciliation. I […]
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The Raceless Gospel 