The Raceless Gospel

For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy

Where did race come from?

March 20, 2014.Reading time 1 minute.

“How did the idea of race begin in America?” The video provided below offers the answer. It is resources like this that inform my understanding of race and its designation as socially constructed. It is important to know and repeat again and again that race is not divinely inspired. The father of race is not […]

The Painful Familiar

January 10, 2012.Reading time 6 minutes.

The painful familiar. It is the concept that I discuss in the introduction of my book Conscious, a description of the racialized life and specifically, for me socially defined blackness. Accepting a black identity creates more questions than answers and brings more uncertainty than assurance. There is no confidence in being black as the identity is not constant but […]