Who told you that you were socially colored black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige? Sure, you looked in the mirror and saw that the pigment of your skin had a ‘color.’ But, who told you that it was this color or that? Who gave you its meaning? Who told you that it was better or […]
It is a difficult task, searching the self for answers that don’t belong. They were perhaps left with us in haste with the thought that we would return them or throw them away later. An experience of prejudice as either witness or victim, the use of a racial slur at the dinner table that just […]
1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 3But if our gospel be hid, it […]
When I talk about my experience with race and the decision to live a race-less life, persons who want to convince me of its reality and in turn, my need to accept the social identity of a “black” person often challenge me. They look as if they want to grab me by both shoulders, look […]