“If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered.” | Ludwig Wittgenstein Most persons feel compelled to answer to race and to question those who don’t. “Who does race say that you are?” Skin deep, the epitome of superficial meaning, we speak as if its value is apparent, a […]
We’ve got to come back to ourselves. We’ve got to take more than a few steps back and we will have to step on more than a few toes in the process. But, let’s begin to walk it back. Let’s go back to the beginning. Return to the first Word that is certain to be […]
We need new words. I need new words, ones that roll off my tongue. The colored ones get caught in my throat. New being in Jesus Christ, these racialized ones don’t work for me. They didn’t go down easily. They didn’t stick to me. I cannot make them a part of me, just take […]
“She is so comfortable in her own skin.” It is an idiom used to describe persons who are confident and have a clear understanding of self and abilities, especially when interacting with other persons. They are comfortable with being who they are. While it is a familiar expression, I find it a strange one. It suggests […]