We must awaken this reality in society
The current sociopolitical climate, where untruths are allowed to go unchecked, unchallenged, and unsubstantiated, creates an environment that not only […]
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racism
It is well beyond time…
This book puts forward a simple proposition: it is time – indeed, well beyond time – for white Christians in
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The binary of white/nonwhite
Let’s take the binary of white/nonwhite – you know, as a totally random example. Whether you’re ready to admit it
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United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/07/14/ucc-united-church-of-christ-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis/
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Some Assumptions In This Book
This book is laid out upon a few assumptions. FIrst is that in order to be a Christian, one must
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How My Momma Saved Me From Racism
by Jeff Burns https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffburns/2021/06/how-my-momma-save-me-from-racism/
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Opinion | I’ve Been a Critical Race Theorist for 30 Years. Our Opponents Are Just Proving Our Point For Us.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/06/30/critical-race-theory-lightning-rod-opinion-497046
Embedded in how American institutions and systems function
Centuries of racial discrimination and injustice are the foundation upon which current social and economic institutions stand. Education, for example,
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The only way through all of this
Yet as I wallowed in grief, I realized I was not alone. This is how most of the world has
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Identity Politics
The United States was founded on the principle that all people are created equal. Yet the nation began with the
The burden we have carried and continue to carry
As an African American woman, I’m acutely aware that many of us bear the weight of reconciliation in our bodies.
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The link between political leaders and prominent white churches was not just incidental
It would not be until I was well into a PhD program at Emory University in my thirties that I
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The paradox
Paradox is that strange place where two things are true at the same time. Often, the two things seem diametrically
Growing Up White In The Segregated South: Forbidden Friendship
by Dr. Jeff Burns https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffburns/2021/06/growing-up-white-in-the-segregated-south-forbidden-friendship/
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Diametrically Opposed Belief Systems
If it was puzzling to me how, in spite of the presence of God and the Bible there could be
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What are you going to do about it?
To understand my evolution as a reconciliation leader, you must first understand that I began my journey sincerely believing that
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The language we need does not yet exist
I want at once to break down the association of “bad = dark” and “good = light” because of the
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A short history of the long conservative assault on Black voting power
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/08/politics/black-voter-suppression/index.html
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The church must talk about justice
Now more than ever, those who care about the reconciliation command of the cross must speak up and out about
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Racist
Because I know the R-word freaks everybody out, let’s go about defining it too, because I mean something very