Faith seeking understanding– without race
Many shapes and colors, with and without sight, open and closed, rolling and blinking, itching and red, crying and dry but they are all eyes. We are all seeing the same things. Many forms and sizes, with and without pimples, hair or mucus inside them still they are all noses. We are all breathing the […]
Read MoreI often look for resources to share that might assist us in our journey toward understanding ourselves apart from the social construct of race. Deconstructing this identity is more complicated than the “peeling back the layers.” It is deeply imbedded in who we are and believe others to be. The paradigm of race must be […]
Read MoreI am most frustrated by those who attempt to pull me back into what has been thought before concerning race. Don’t they notice the name of the blog? Clearly, I am beyond it. I am moving in a different direction: forward. And I don’t see the need in talking about the past if that is […]
Read MoreIt’s not easy. We are familiar with and know the feel of the social construct of race. We know what to expect of it and for all the faults that we find with race, we are too familiar with its prejudices, too accustomed to its stereotypes, too comfortable with the life lived racially to let […]
Read MoreWhile I understand the angst, disgust and frustration of those who hear the word post- racial and point quickly to the latest example of racialized injustice (also known as hubris, selfishness, self and other- hatred and self- deception), I struggle with communicating my need to move past the social construct of race. I am tired of […]
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The Raceless Gospel 