Persons are still dying due to racialized violence at the hands of police officers, a self- serving economy that spoon feeds the rich its profits, a deadly healthcare system that has a history of mistreating bodies socially colored black and brown in the name of scientific discovery, intentional segregation that ensures communities do not have […]
Most folks wouldn’t touch race with a ten foot pole but I feel drawn to it. I started this blog and this journey with you ten years ago on an Ash Wednesday. Back then, it was called The Daily Race. Name changed and seasons changed but I have kept on writing. The words have only […]
Though King Herod raises his voice and pounds his chest, he has lost the Savior contest. Jesus was on his hit list and he still missed. Like those first visitors at the impromptu baby shower, we have left the nativity scene and God is with us. Now, we live knowing that God is on the move and in […]
They say, “Life comes at you fast.” But, 2020 was the year that a global conversation on race came at us fast too. Despite our vision boards, we couldn’t see a pandemic and months at home coming. There was and is and will never be a mantra for this. The last time this happened was […]
I have been reading and writing about race since I was a freshmen in college. It is the time when most if not all young adults ask the question, “Who am I?” Like Howard Thurman, I asked, “Who am I really?” It would set me on a path to understand why my human being was […]