Faith seeking understanding– without race
Do you see the world through race- colored glasses? Are you totally dependent on race to survive in the world around you? Can’t leave home without race? Don’t know how you could understand the world without its prejudices and stereotypes? If this is how you feel, then I understand. I’ve been there and I […]
Read MoreI am tired. Worn out, worn down, worn thin by stories of racialized abuse, bias, bullying, harassment, hatred, mistreatment, misplaced vindictiveness, the continued willful ignorance of the pain and suffering of persons socially colored other than white, the choice to not engage. Because it is more important to be our “race’s” keeper. It is hard to […]
Read MoreLike you, I inherited the identity that comes with the social construct of race and also the burden of its life and history. Initially, I accepted it. I didn’t know of any other option or way of being so I learned about being black. I read books and watched documentaries on Black history. I took […]
Read MoreMany of us see ourselves as a colored person. We are black people, white people, red people, brown people, yellow people, beige people. Well, maybe the first two are true. The color wheel doesn’t turn beyond black and white for much of America. Instead, much more of American society and even other parts of […]
Read MoreWhat inspires our belief in race? Why do we have so much faith in this social construct? Is it because we built it that we take pride in it, that we cannot let it go? For me and I suppose so many others, race creates more questions than answers. In fact, the more that I […]
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The Raceless Gospel 