Willie Dwayne Francois III “This is a message those other White people need to hear.” In fall of 2015 I was part of a panel forum exploring the history and future of progressive faith communities at the intersections of gender, mass incarceration, and sexuality. During…
Willie Dwayne Francois III Reparative Intercession Reparative intercession reverberates as a counternarrative to the white noise that identifies the present world with ideas of societal fairness, racial progress, meritocracy, and colorblindness. Anti-racist educator Derald Wing Sue…
Willie Dwayne Francois III Honest, consistent, collective speech The one who practices racial truth-telling affects others by sharing “as directly as possible what he actually believes.” Racial truth-telling assumes the speaking person owns their words and intends for…
Willie Dwayne Francois III There is no neutral, passive third way The shelf life of racism depends on whether we can be honest about it. Many Americans of faith, specifically white Christians, reject their complicity in racism and claim to be…
Willie Dwayne Francois III The idea of going through the day with little to no consideration of one’s skin color remains foreign to non-White people Silence serves White privilege and threatens non-White survival. I will later argue that White privilege benefits White people. But the idea of going through the day with little to no…
