For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
Many of us are waking up to the news of a shooting in Charleston at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The shooter, a 21 year old man now identified as Dylann Roofer, actually attended the prayer service with his would- be victims before taking nine lives. One woman who survived the shooting spree said that […]
Read MoreA recent Facebook posting by a fourth grade teacher in Texas or maybe I should say former teacher of Friendship Independent School District has set off a firestorm. Karen Fitzbiggons has said more than a mouthful in response to yet another example of police misconduct. This time it was in McKinney, Texas at a pool party. […]
Read MoreBaltimore, Maryland is burning. Protesters and looters have flooded the streets in response to the questionable death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Stores have been vandalized, buildings and police cars set on fire. A state of emergency has been declared and the National Guard have been called in. Tanks, rubber bullets, tear gas, […]
Read MoreDiversity training won’t fix this. Carefully crafted apologies are absurd. Protests and candle light vigils miss the point and the greater need. I don’t want to hold hands and sing of what will be. I don’t want to reenact it, create a choreography that walks in his footsteps. And justice is not the word. I’ll […]
Read More“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will called children of God.” ~ Matthew 5.9, NRSV We make lots of things but I am not sure that peace is at the top of the list. Our hands are busy, holding and letting go, moving and directing, pointing and shooting, typing, writing and erasing, shaping and shining, […]
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