Your tears are not forgotten
“I have no comfort to offer those opposed to meaningful reparations. Let a refining fire burn away all the evil in you and in this country until only righteousness remains.” Continue reading Your tears are not forgotten
A Simple Apology will Never Solve Racism in America Today
My heart fell in despair when I heard the news. Two African American legislators were expelled from the Tennessee State Capitol. They wanted to pass sensible legislation to ban assault weapons in their state. Thankfully, these two individuals were reinstated … Continue reading A Simple Apology will Never Solve Racism in America Today
Repentance Through Reparations: The Path to Racial Reconciliation
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
The Reparations Blues
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
“American Colorblindness (or They Cannot See Us, Be Us, or Free Us)”
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)”
“When The Sun Shines, We’ll Shine Together.”
Rihanna Out of the backdrop, the images begin to take shape. The grays merge into pink, trimmed in crimson, and blacks glow from turquoise to blues. With the emergence of light, bearings take hold and plant feet firmly on the … Continue reading “When The Sun Shines, We’ll Shine Together.”
I See Color
“I don’t see color.” I can clearly hear and picture myself saying these words. This memory makes me cringe now, and that’s okay with me. That’s part of growth. And I am so grateful for the opportunity to have learned … Continue reading I See Color
Being Seen ≠ Being Color Blind
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
A Season of Recognition and Reconciliation
As the media constantly bombard viewers with the growing debate around the subjects of colorblind and critical race theory, I often think about my childhood and what my parents taught us about racism and how to deal with it. My … Continue reading A Season of Recognition and Reconciliation
Three-Fifths 