Colorblindness, the enemy of diversity.
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.
The Problem with Colorblindness
What would the world be like if it were monochromatic? If we truly could not see color or if everything was one color? So much of the world’s beauty would cease to exist. Our world would be void of colorful … Continue reading The Problem with Colorblindness
The Baked-in Blindness Under America’s Colorblindness
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
White Jesus, Black Judas: We See You See Color
It was a nice, suburban, country club of a church. Not just ordinary niceness, but professionally polished, customer-service-type niceness being provided by a cheerful, uniformed team of multiethnic ambassadors. Some held signs directing the flow of traffic in one hand … Continue reading White Jesus, Black Judas: We See You See Color
We Need to Transcend Beyond Color Blindness
My mother and I almost died on the operating room delivery table. I had some complications at birth. Around five years old, I had an operation to improve my ability to walk. Although I overcame several odds stacked against me … Continue reading We Need to Transcend Beyond Color Blindness
What’s Wrong With Colorblind Christianity?
During his “I Have A Dream” speech of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color … Continue reading What’s Wrong With Colorblind Christianity?
This is America!
At one time, Irish, Italian, and Polish were not considered White in America. Currently, we see some of those of Irish, Italian, and Polish descent who experienced discrimination in the labor and housing market historically oppress others as they have … Continue reading This is America!
The Other Side Of The Track
How do you stop a bad habit? How do you silence an off-color joke? How do you unsee something outlandish, and how do you undo something that has been done for years, centuries, and even longer? That is the dilemma … Continue reading The Other Side Of The Track
Unraveling and Un-othering
I stood three feet away from my mother, holding the dark red knotted up ball of yarn. She held one end of the yarn, and began patiently unraveling the knots, creating a new mound of usable fiber. The yarn was … Continue reading Unraveling and Un-othering
Three-Fifths 