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When Getting along Is Not Enough: Reconstructing Race in Our Lives and Relationships

When Getting along Is Not Enough: Reconstructing Race in Our Lives and Relationships

Presents a new way of understanding race as a relational dynamic and racism as a symptom of disconnection.

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Dr. Claudine Gay, Ms. JaMaiya Miller, and the Plantation Ethos of the United States

Two Black Women Walk Through a Door

10 min readJan 15, 2024

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Dr. Claudine Gay, Ms. JaMaiya Miller, and the Plantation Ethos of the United States

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America, America, How Does Your Wisdom Grow?

About 40 years ago, I had an intense conversation with a man whose name I don’t remember, so I will just call him Paul. Both of us were…

7 min readSep 14, 2023

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America, America, How Does Your Wisdom Grow?

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This is US

By Way of Prologue

10 min readFeb 9, 2021

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Not All Vampires Live in Transylvania or Texas or . . .

The last time I worried about vampires was when I was about eleven years old. Of all of the shape-shifting monsters, vampires were the…

6 min readApr 1, 2024

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Not All Vampires Live in Transylvania or Texas or . . .

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“Biblelistically” Blessed: Liberating Christianity from White Supremacy

One of the many gifts I received from my mother is a healthy skepticism about religiosity. Although she was a deeply devout, churchgoing…

8 min readJun 29, 2023

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“Biblelistically” Blessed: Liberating Christianity from White Supremacy

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Mary, Full of Grace, with a Little Splash of Vinegar

There were some Southern traditions that my mother seemed to delight in ignoring. One was wearing roses on Mother’s Day: red if your mother…

8 min readJun 27, 2022

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Mary, Full of Grace, with a Little Splash of Vinegar

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Here in a Manger

I know next to nothing about barnyards and stables. In fact, I just learned that a manger is a feeding trough for animals. Other barnyard…

11 min readDec 21, 2021

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Here in a Manger

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A “Karen” by Any Other Name . . .

In gratitude and memoriam for Erica Garner, Heather Heyer, Fannie Lou Hamer, Coretta Scott King, Dorothy Parker, Ida B. Wells, and Ruth…

20 min readOct 2, 2020

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A “Karen” by Any Other Name . . .

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Whose Story Is It?

All this talk about history and statues reminded me of my third-grade lessons in Mrs. Bennett’s class. It was there that I learned to…

12 min readAug 3, 2020

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Whose Story Is It?

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“Sir, Can We Talk About Your Knee on My Neck?”

Try to imagine this scenario. You walk into your home and see that it has been plundered by burglars. You even know who the burglars are…

15 min readJun 15, 2020

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“Sir, Can We Talk About Your Knee on My Neck?”

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Maureen Walker

Maureen Walker

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I’m a licensed psychologist, speaker, educator, and writer who helps people bridge cultural differences such as race, religion, gender and other social status.

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