For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
You are not a box to be filled or checked off. You are not even a box to be unpacked. We are not social storage spaces, comprised of historical memories and future plans. Our humanity cannot be contained by cardboard, human will or public opinion because we cannot be folded neatly, labeled and put away. […]
Read More“Our problems lie in how we see ourselves. We’ve bought into so much without thinking.” ~ Ali Karjoo- Ravary, a friend I made at the Chautauqua Institute More is better and we can certainly use more power when it comes to overcoming race. So much of what we hear and see and say suggests that we […]
Read MoreIf you want to change how you see yourself, you have to change how you say yourself. I am… It is easy to say who you are (or at least who you think or hope yourself to be); but, it takes courage to say who you are not. It takes power. It is my life’s […]
Read More“I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” ~ Psalm 139.14, NRSV “I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made!” ~ Psalm 139.14, The Message Our belief in race makes us dependent. It teaches us to prop our selves up on our appearance and the judgments that persons […]
Read MoreAre you living or dying? Well, if you believe in the social construct of race, then your life is a slow yet acceptable death. At birth, we are told that we are socially colored black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige, that this is the way things are so we might as well get used to […]
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