Tag: post- racial America

When Race Was Relevant

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Relevant, adj. 1. closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand Race is not timeless.  It is not a classic.  It will go out of style just as soon as we, humans, stop fashioning ourselves according to the social coloring of skin. We call ourselves progressive but can’t believe that we will ever get […]

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Post- Racial America: Why We Can’t Get Past Race

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There aren’t many fans of the word post- racial.  It seems utopian for some, unrealistic for others.  And from what I hear and read, it seems almost mythical.  It’s magic talk and there isn’t a huge market for this fairy dust.  We just cannot even imagine the characters for such a story.  Because exactly what […]

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Post- Racial America: Why It’s So Hard To Say

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Post- racial.  Post- racial?  Are you serious?  Is it really possible to put race behind us?  Just how is that going to happen? We shake our heads and shoo away the thought.  I cannot say what I cannot see and have you seen the news lately?  Do you know our history?  I do not see […]

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If we are to be post- racial

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“For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.” ~ Ephesians 2.14, NRSV There are those who say that it is impossible to put race behind us, that there is “No Such Place as ‘Post- Racial’ […]

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