Racial reconciliation has been “a thing” in the church over the course of the last several decades following the Civil Rights Movement. The Promise Keepers took a shot at it more than 25 years ago and made racial reconciliation its … Continue reading Repentance Through Reparations: The Path to Racial Reconciliation
By Carl McRoy Reparations – a musical survey No more shall they in bondage toil, Let my people go; Let them come out with Egypt’s spoil, Let my people go. We have given our sweat and all our tears We stumbled through this life for more than 300 years We’ve been separated from the land which we knew Stripped of our culture, people you know it’s true Piece of the pick We picked a piece Of land we deservin’ now Reparation, a piece of the nation Millions in slave ships landed, Whipped and chained and branded. 300 years of free … Continue reading The Reparations Blues
I love colors—all kinds of colors, which is why I can’t wait for little green sprouts to emerge from the ground in spring. Soon earth is bursting in color, awash in green grass, verdant leafy trees, and an abundance of … Continue reading Being Seen ≠ Being Color Blind
It was summer of 2022. A massive windstorm was wreaking havoc in the city where I lived. Power was out in some areas, branches had broken off trees, patio umbrellas had blown over, and debris was flying through the air … Continue reading The Impact of Colorblindness on Black People
Color Blind,As many in America try to grapple with the ramifications of a changing nation, a not-so-new method of white supremacy has manipulated some, fooled others, and downright weaponized those antithetical to a multiethnic democracy. Cultural colorblindness, on its surface, … Continue reading Three-Fifths Magazine May, Colorblind Issue
Colorblind people see color. Yes, the range of color is different from what a non-color-blind person sees, but they see color. I am disturbed when people tell me they don’t see color because it’s not true. These people managed to … Continue reading I See Color
Have you ever experienced it, been hurt, or benefited from it? At first glance, it may appear harmless. Left to its own devices of the status quo, America will never change, as some use it to employ the same divisive … Continue reading April Anniversary theme “Un-othering Othering in America.”
“Precisely at this point when you begin to develop a conscience, you must find yourself at war with your society.” James Baldwin I have always been fascinated by jigsaw puzzles. I really enjoyed the challenge of being able to put … Continue reading The Haves and the Have Nots: Dismantling Othering in America
I grew up in what is Ecuador’s privileged majority: the mestizos, the result of Spanish colonizers mixing with the Indigenous population. Mestizos were the group that achieved independence from Spain in 1822 and has remained the largest ethnic group in … Continue reading The antidote for othering
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