Tag: aracial identity

Looking for the Right Question

.Reading time 4 minutes.

“Ask and it will be given you; search and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.” ~ Matthew 7.7, NRSV “Ask and it shall be answered.”  How I wish that this were one of the promises of God.  But, unfortunately, this is not the case.  The Bible is filled with questions […]

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Greater

.Reading time 1 minute.

“For the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” ~ First John 4.4, NRSV Greater.  Greater is God who is in me than race that is in the world.  Greater is God who is in me than racism that is in the world.  Greater is God who […]

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Let the life you lead be your own

.Reading time 3 minutes.

While I understand that, as Americans, we will be socially color- coded black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige and that we should be prepared for the subsequent perceptions, prejudices and stereotypes, I don’t hear anyone challenging the racialized view of human identity.  Instead, we accept it without explanation.  We live and see ourselves as we […]

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