For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
I have a big name. Starlette. Just thinking about the meaning of my name gives me the motivation to get out of bed when I would rather hide under it, tired of being busy, tired of moving and being. It is inspirational and I feel that when my name is said, I am called to […]
Read MoreThe question of race is one that I use to wrestle with. For a long time, it won because I thought that its answers to my identity were stronger and better trained. Looking back, I think that I let race win because I did not perceive it as an enemy but more like a coach, […]
Read More“We need the courage to create ourselves daily.” ~ Maya Angelou Race is finished. It is done with us. It has nothing new to add but has concluded that we are more of the same. We are all just colored people. Race stereotypes us, box us up, prepackaged us long before we were born. It […]
Read More“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…” ~ Jeremiah 1.5, NRSV I had a rigorous and thought- provoking conversation with a friend and mentor in ministry yesterday. Over a couple of Peruvian dishes, we debated our positions on race. But, after awhile, I decided to just listen and when I did, I […]
Read Moremis·rep·re·sen·ta·tion/ˌmisreprəzenˈtāSH(ə)n/, Noun 1. the action or offense of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something When we call ourselves racial beings, socially colored black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige people, we misrepresent our Creator. God is not a racial being or a Racial Being, a supreme among supremes, defined or confined […]
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The Raceless Gospel 