Faith seeking understanding– without race
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell, an American writer and lecturer, had it right. Echoing the words of the writer of Proverbs, Campbell reminds us that there is a difference between the […]
Read MoreLike you, I inherited the identity that comes with the social construct of race and also the burden of its life and history. Initially, I accepted it. I didn’t know of any other option or way of being so I learned about being black. I read books and watched documentaries on Black history. I took […]
Read MoreColorblind. Post- racial. It seems that most of us can’t see it or say it. Or, we cannot un-see people and not say things without the paradigm of race. It is what we know and how we’ve always known each other. We don’t want to rock the boat or as I would suggest, get of […]
Read MoreI remain flabbergasted by the fact that race determines so much of our lives, that we have given it so much meaning, that we have given it so much of our meaning. The social coloring of skin tells us who we are, what we can do and what we mean. But, not only that. Race […]
Read MoreMany 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 […]
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The Raceless Gospel 