Racism – Page 2 – Red Letter Christians

Americans’ Outrage About Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is More About Race Than the Immorality of War

March 17, 2022

Global, Immigration & Refugees, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race

What this showcases is that opposition here is more political than ethical. Our outrage against war is too often rooted in who is doing the invading and where they are invading.

Free Melissa Lucio

Michelle Reyes

March 1, 2022

Church Life, Death Penalty, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race, Women

To advance God's kingdom on earth and pursue his vision of holistic shalom means we cannot avoid what's happening on death row.

The Best Defense…

Rosalind Hughes

February 23, 2022

Gun Violence, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Race, Theology

What if we were to attack instead of retreat? What if, in place of despair or even a secure defense, we were to perpetrate an all-out offensive on the things that threaten to divide us: antisemitism, racism, domestic (what a word) violence, the prevalence, and ease of acquisition of guns, America’s preferred instrument of destruction?

A Moment of Reckoning for White Christians

Brandan Robertson

February 22, 2022

Church Life, Politics, Race, Theology

This is a moment of reckoning. White Christians have but two options set before us: to walk the narrow road with Jesus in the path of repentance of our exploitation of whiteness and Christian supremacy to ensure our diverse neighbors have a fair shot, or to continue walking on the broad road that exploits our privilege for our own benefit, where everyone not like us is viewed as an enemy to be marginalized so we can flourish.

“Nothing New Under the Sun”: Opposing Racism Today

Michael W. Waters

February 15, 2022

Books, Church Life, Race, Theology

White supremacy comes with a body count, and when racism reigns, death runs rampant, too.

Nominating a Black Woman to the U.S. Supreme Court Will Advance Justice and Democracy

Rhonda Thomas

February 11, 2022

Politics, Race, Women

To be clear, this appointment does not obliterate the president of his broader responsibility to the Black community. He still needs to raise the minimum wage and address housing insecurity, the climate crisis, student loan debt and voting rights. But the courts have been stacked with conservative white men for far too long.

Walk With Me

Common Hymnal

February 10, 2022

Art, Church Life, Politics, Race

Rev Otis Moss III, founder of Unashamed Media Group, asked Common Hymnal to contribute music for "Otis' Dream," the Get Out The Vote film he wrote and produced for the 2020 election. More specifically, he asked them to produce a new arrangement of the old spiritual 'I Want Jesus To Walk With Me' for the final credits.

An Excerpt From Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World – And How to Repair It All

Lisa Sharon Harper

February 7, 2022

Art, Books, Church Life, Race, Women

Standing before the court, eighteen-year-old Fortune was born free and should have remained free according to Lord Baltimore’s 1681 legal turnabout. But of course the application of law is different from the law itself.

This Book Will Be Banned

Jemar Tisby

January 31, 2022

Books, Family and Parenting, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

The manufactured hysteria about CRT and the 1619 Project puts any book that gives an honest accounting of racism at risk.

The Sacred Work of White Discomfort

Robert P. Jones

January 24, 2022

Family and Parenting, General, Politics, Race

The minimization or denial of the Holocaust is prohibited, but the minimization and denial of America’s treatment of Native Americans and African Americans is mandated.