Racism: My Upward Climb
Editor's Note: This article begins with a description of racialized violence that may upset some readers.
I watched the video of George Floyd’s murder from the comfort of my cozy living room. I cried as ...
A White Person’s Guide to Racial Justice and Reconciliation
As a white person, speaking into the racial justice and reconciliation space can often feel like a loaded deliverable. Questions about the validity of my voice and how it should be presented & received, whi...
A Call to the Transformational, Lifelong Work of Antiracism
I had been on a quest for years to prove to the world how not racist I was. Sitting in that room, facing the ugliest of truths about myself and my story, I finally stopped hiding. I no longer needed to hide or to prove to the world that I was a good white person. I wasn’t. I was a recovering racist.
Grove City College rejects ‘wokeness,’ CRT in new report
"...the report uses CRT as 'a junk drawer for anything about race or justice that makes a certain type of person feel uncomfortable.” Because of the rhetoric around CRT, he said, 'much needed conversations about racial justice are being muted in the environments where they are needed most, such as Christian colleges and universities.'"
Consistent and Faithful Witnesses
Racial justice is a necessary part of the substantive call of discipleship, part of who we are called to be – day after day, year after year.
We Shouldn’t Know Their Names
The dead become a statistic that we debate regarding who has the right idea about what they did and did not deserve, and in so doing we convince ourselves that we have been granted the rights as gatekeepers who hold the key to determining whether or not someone was worthy enough to finish living out their story.
The Christians Who Cannot Mourn Ma’Khia Bryant
Only syncretized faiths value the supremacy of human laws. We value truth. The truth is that the state took another Black girl from her family under the pretense of safety, and then it killed her.
When Children Learn They Are Black
This society does not give voice, as a rule, to the experiences little children carry about how they “learned” they were black in this country.
Antiracism Educators, Your Sources Matter
If white people can only learn antiracism in siloed experiences, centered in whiteness, that ignore the contributions and ongoing work of people of color and women, we are doomed.
Wheat and Weeds: Thoughts on Cancel Culture
When it comes to systemic injustice, we must deconstruct, defund, demolish, dismantle now and with courage. But when it comes to people? We can’t destroy the wheat for the weeds before the harvest.