For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
The thirty- fourth psalm is an oldie but goodie. Its introduction used at the start of countless worship services: “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth” (34.1). It is truth and aspiration. We should bless the Lord all the time but we don’t. It’s easier to […]
Read MoreShe calls herself the “Tiger Mom.” Amy Chua once suggested that Chinese mothers were better than mothers of other cultures. Now, she has raised the stakes and her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, has joined her this time in a book titled The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in […]
Read More“The day after returning from anti-Apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s memorial in South Africa, Israel’s first Ethiopian-born Knesset member Pnina Tamano-Shata (Yesh Atid), had her blood refused in a government donation drive because she is African. Volunteers at a Magen David Adom (Red Star of David—Israel’s Red Cross) booth set up inside of Knesset told Tamano […]
Read MoreThere is no such thing as a good or true stereotype. A stereotype is “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.” It is “an image perpetuated without change” that may or may not be based in an actual experience. It is a “solid […]
Read MoreDr. Silvia Mazzula in a post titled “But You Speak So Well”: How Latinos Experience Subtle Racism,” provides this noteworthy definition of microaggression: “things said or done – many times unconsciously – that reflect a person’s inner thinking, stereotypes and prejudices. They are difficult to recognize because they are brief, innocuous, and often difficult to see.” She […]
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The Raceless Gospel 