A Tweetology of christian Nationalism
This Tweetology of semi-related statements about christian Nationalism and the Great Replacement Theory (GRT) are ready to cut, paste, and post. Continue reading A Tweetology of christian Nationalism
Tag: Carl McRoy
Empathetic Fasting
Carnal fasting He was running everywhere. He was running from home to school, running from school to his afterschool job, from his job back home. Running while wearing extra clothes, a sweatsuit under a sauna suit. Or was the sweatsuit … Continue reading Empathetic Fasting
Laws of Disorder: dehumanizing through dehistoricizing
. . . like it’s 1899! You might not have seen it coming. Weapons of mass distraction have been cloaking laws of disorder for decades. Now here we are in 2023, with regressive racial policies as blatant as when “Redeemers” … Continue reading Laws of Disorder: dehumanizing through dehistoricizing
Racist Roots of a Revolutionary Nation
If we truly seek harmony in these yet to be United States, we must stop the hagiography of its founding and fix the fragmentation built into this nation of our cohabitation. Continue reading Racist Roots of a Revolutionary Nation
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
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
Fried Chicken & Watermelon: Ingredients for Un-Othering
Hope you enjoy this mmm – mmm, mouth-waterin’, finger-lickin’, lip-smackin’, seed-spittin’ piece! Continue reading Fried Chicken & Watermelon: Ingredients for Un-Othering
Shamrocks, Snakes, Slavery, and Golden Souls at the End of the Rainbow
Being born on March 17, and having an Irish last name leads me to have more reflections and conversations about St. Patrick’s Day than the average person, as I’ve written elsewhere. Shamrocks: Legend has it that British-born St. Patrick used … Continue reading Shamrocks, Snakes, Slavery, and Golden Souls at the End of the Rainbow
White Pastor, Black Theology
“What do you think Jesus looks like?” asked the pastor who was leading the baptismal study. I said something like, “He has long hair and a beard and wears a robe.” The straightness of his hair was more or less … Continue reading White Pastor, Black Theology
Three-Fifths 