Tag: “Black lives matter”

United Nations working group calls for reparations for African Americans

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While my writings seek to aid us in the ministry of reconciliation as we must view race differently, it cannot be said often enough that there is much work to be done.  If we are to have healthy cross- cultural relationships, we must communicate authentically.  If we are to stand in unity, then the ground […]

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Before we say, ‘I forgive you’

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I am in a place that I had not anticipated and certainly could not have prepared for. It is the same feeling that I had after the shooting of nine bowed heads at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015. Dylann Roof, the alleged shooter, had hoped to start a race […]

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Where will Chicago go from here?

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The dash cam video of the October 20, 2014 shooting of 17 year old Mr. Laquan McDonald was released last night.  While there is no record of the sound of their interactions, the results are the same.  This time, an African American male is shot 16 times.  Sixteen times… He had a knife in his hand […]

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The Survey Says: Anxious Americans

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The American Values Survey was released yesterday.  Conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute, the yearly survey reports that Americans are anxious about a lot of things.  The Religion News Service highlighted the findings  and they are scary.  Apparently, we are worried about money, race, religion, specifically Islam and immigration especially in terms of the […]

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A 3- Minute Lesson on Race

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You’ve got time for this class and it is brought to you by Jenée Desmond Harris.  It is a lesson that must be learned and that bears repeating.  Harris starts from the beginning of race and no, she does not begin in the book of Genesis.  Lie #1 struck down.  Race is not that old. […]

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