For the majority of “white” Americans, Martin Luther King Junior’s legacy brings images of his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech. It’s pleasant to think of a world where we will “…one day live in a nation where they (his … Continue reading Dreams Versus Reality in Black and White
Just days away from the anniversary of the March for Jobs and Freedom, better known as the March on Washington, as memories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resurrect many of his enduring words. Among these are Dr. King’s phrase “Giant Triplets” which referenced the Intersections … Continue reading The August Theme: Law and Order?
Our cultures are taught, ingrained, and punished into us well before we come to meet the loving Savior or encounter the gentleness that only deep healing and redemption can produce. Continue reading Whose Law & Whose Order?
The Metaphor: So, I planted a rosebush next to my mailbox. I thought it would be a beautiful thing. I thought it would grow up and have pretty pink flowers and like so many of my neighbors’ mailbox flora would … Continue reading “The Rosebush and the Root”
In early January I walked through the Sand Creek Massacre exhibit at the Colorado History Museum. As I took in the experience, the atrocities done against indigenous peoples were on full display – broken treaties, forced displacement, and murder. While … Continue reading Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation – a Next Way Forward
To answer this question, I need to first talk about power, and more specifically, the fear of losing power. I have had to do my own serious unpacking around power and fear. In doing so, I found myself having to … Continue reading Why do reparations trigger fear in the hearts of so many white people?
Written by the Rev. Arthur L. Jones, III. Here is a fact that cannot be debated or negotiated: one would be hard-pressed to find American citizens more patriotic and optimistic than Black, Indigenous, and people of Color (BIPOC). The twin, … Continue reading “American Colorblindness (or They Cannot See Us, Be Us, or Free Us)”
A white pastor complained to Matt, my husband, and me that people of color visited his church but never stayed. He said he was heartbroken because he longed for a more diverse congregation. In the next breath, he told us … Continue reading Colorblindness, the enemy of diversity.
When overlooking difference for the sake of inclusion isn’t based in equal human worth By Lisa Colón DeLay Have you heard about the problems and harms of colorblindness lately? I have. I’m hearing that we’ve been thinking about differences all … Continue reading The Baked-in Blindness Under America’s Colorblindness
