Tag: the purpose of race

The Race System

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I wonder when we will put the two together– race and racism.  Theirs is a partnership; the two go hand- in- hand as you cannot have one without the other.  In fact, one cannot function without the other. Racism is not the problem.  Racism is the way that the system of race works.  Racism is […]

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The Inspiration of Race

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What inspires our belief in race?  Why do we have so much faith in this social construct?  Is it because we built it that we take pride in it, that we cannot let it go? For me and I suppose so many others, race creates more questions than answers.  In fact, the more that I […]

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Questioning Race (Part Three)

.Reading time 6 minutes.

The root of the word question is the word quest, which is defined as “the long and arduous search for something.”  In my questioning of the social construct of race, what am I hoping to find?  I am hoping to discover more of myself, to go deeper into the spiritual reality that is me, to see […]

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