Racial hierarchy
Most Euro-Americans were not, and would likely never be, the wealthy aristocrat who had every social and economic privilege in […]
Montanans used to live and let live. Today bitter confrontations dim Big Sky Country.
from The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/montana-extreme-trump/2021/10/22/0f82afbc-0037-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html
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A letter from Jourdon
Dayton, Ohio August 7, 1865 To My Old Master, Colonel P. H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee Sir: I got your
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Denial is the heartbeat of racism
It is hard for me to believe I finished high school in the year 2000 touting so many racist ideas.
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‘Nobody cares I have nowhere to live’: wildland firefighters struggle with homelessness
As wildfires consume the American west, economic uncertainty plagues those tasked with containing them https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/21/wildland-firefighters-struggle-homelessness
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Voting is a covenant. We’ll use our pulpits to demand it be supported.
By Auburn Senior Fellows https://religionnews.com/2021/10/20/voting-is-a-covenant-well-use-our-pulpits-to-demand-it-be-supported/
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The Christian faith is based upon being committed to God’s dream for us personally and communally
The Christian faith is based upon being committed to God’s dream for us personally and communally. Our living creatively into
I didn’t know why it was so hard for me
I survived my childhood. I got through elementary school even though I did no homework, never studied for quizzes or
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Politically Divided Congregations: A Curriculum for Reconciliation and Transformation
from Sojourners https://sojo.net/politically-divided-congregations-curriculum
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It’s easy to feel pessimistic about the climate. But we’ve got two big things on our side
by Bill McKibben https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/15/climate-crisis-cop26-bill-mckibben
Selfishness is America’s Deadliest Virus
by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2021/08/05/selfishness-is-americas-second-virus/
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How we think about racism is largely determined by our own particular race
For my friend stranded in the unlit parking lot, fearing the black man who ultimately came to her aid revealed
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How to Think Outside Your Brain
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/brain-mind-cognition.html?referringSource=articleShare
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It is our very denial which has allowed the system to continue
Though this book will be talking about race and its impact on how both the Bible and the United States
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Hypocrisy and self-deception proved to be far greater dangers than uncertainty
Of course, now that I’m a bit older and have had my own skirmishes with self-sabotage, I’ve come to wonder
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Americans are “broadly pessimistic” about the future
Our ongoing failure to achieve racial and gender equality and inclusion is a deeply troubling aspect of our national life
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Father Lucas recalled one zealous priest standing on the church steps with a bullwhip to discourage any blacks from attending services.
As blacks began to pour into northern cities to escape oppression in the South as part of the “great migration”
A more “we” society
During these decades Americans became – perhaps more than ever before – focused on what we could accomplish together. And
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Innovation
This is a book about the space of innovation. Some environments squelch new ideas; some environments seem to breed them
A new Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism through Holocaust education
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/09/15/a-new-anne-frank-center-aims-to-reshape-racism-through-holocaust-education/
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