Tag: the race talk

When We Talk About Race: Common Misconceptions

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I love to talk about race. It is a practice of discipleship; I pick up my cross with race nailed down to it. I love to drag race. For me, it is normal, natural and healthy. Talking about race, what it has done to me and to Christianity help me to expel its toxins. I […]

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Let’s Talk About It Again (and again)

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I recently listened to an interview on racial reconciliation.  When the African American man was asked about the way to reconciliation by his European American interviewer and self- described “white ally,” he started the conversation with American slavery.  I was immediately struck by the fact that he felt the need to start there, that reconciliation […]

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We have a column!

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Baptist News Global has asked me to write a monthly column for their “Perspectives” page and I have accepted.  Of course.  I am so grateful to the editor, Robert Dilday and the staff for the opportunity to share my perspective on the social construct of race and its intersections as it relates to our Christian […]

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