Tag: raceless identity

Not So Black and White

.Reading time 2 minutes.

While I may be able to talk about race and write about its effects from week to week without a panic attack, I know that this is a difficult conversation for much of America.  There are so many sides to this story that it is exhausting to think about all that we need to say.  […]

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Greater

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“For the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” ~ First John 4.4, NRSV Greater.  Greater is God who is in me than race that is in the world.  Greater is God who is in me than racism that is in the world.  Greater is God who […]

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Let the life you lead be your own

.Reading time 3 minutes.

While I understand that, as Americans, we will be socially color- coded black/ white/ red/ yellow/ brown/ beige and that we should be prepared for the subsequent perceptions, prejudices and stereotypes, I don’t hear anyone challenging the racialized view of human identity.  Instead, we accept it without explanation.  We live and see ourselves as we […]

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