America’s ongoing struggle with the acceptance of interracial families is a reflection of a deeper, more troubling issue: the nation’s failure to educate itself on the true meaning and history of integration. Despite being more diverse in 2024 than ever … Continue reading Mis-Integration: America’s Struggle to Accept What it Started
Definitions are warranted to offer a fundamental framework for this article, with a few substantive (yet certainly not all-inclusive) entries about some of the more salient developments in American history. I would be remiss if I did not point out, … Continue reading The Unintended Ripple Effect of the One Drop Rule: How Miscegenation Backfired on White Supremacy! PART I (of 2)
Believe it or not, the norms of American society – alongside the slavery-adjacent laws instituted within the earliest American states and the widespread falsities of the constructs of race – once insisted that as little as one single drop of … Continue reading “MiscegeNATION: The One-Drop Rule Gone Awry”
It was his first day at the office. He could feel his contagious apprehension welling in his throat with every moistening swallow. Within every ounce of his 6ft plus frame, visions of success or failure seemed to rest upon the needlepoint … Continue reading Psyched Out
In 1852, Frederick Douglass, a formerly enslaved man who had risen to prominence as a powerful orator and advocate for abolition, delivered one of the most searing indictments of American society in his speech, “What to the Slave Is Your … Continue reading What to America is the 2024 Election?
Marcus the Macro Man Ok, so Marcus Garvey didn’t have microaggressions in his vocabulary. Nobody did back then. Furthermore, macro was Garvey’s thing, not micro. Garvey didn’t do anything on a small scale. Garvey believed in BIGness: he BIGGED himself … Continue reading Marcus Garvey on Microaggressions
It’s that time of year again, where the sun blazes, and so does our commitment to Black liberation. Yes, it’s Black August – a month dedicated to remembering the sacrifices, struggles, and triumphs of Black revolutionaries. Black August isn’t just … Continue reading Black August: Turning Up the Heat on Microaggressions
There are certain words that we have eliminated from our vocabulary at Race2Dinner. And, the reason why is that they were first used to make white people feel less uncomfortable about their continued behaviors that treat others as “less than.” … Continue reading Microaggressions
“The judgment was set, and the books were opened.” Daniel 7:10 Many cross-baring, scripture-quoting, Christ-confessing believers are familiar with this apocalyptic scripture of Judgment Day. Some may think to themselves, where did those books come from? We thought we had … Continue reading The Original Big Lie And its Shape-Shifting Offspring
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