Racism

Some struggle to accept a day honoring Black liberation — Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating Black Americans’ freedom. However, there are some White people who must have missed the memo because they’ve opted to center themselves rather than taking a moment to honor enslaved people and their descendants. For instance, in Greenville, South Carolina, a Juneteenth flier advertising a local…

Society’s continued segregation prevents real racial healing. — In response to 2023 racial justice efforts, some white folks I know like to remind people what things were like 50 years ago. As one acquaintance put it to me recently, “You act like we haven’t made considerable progress on race issues.” They’re referring to a time when society was…

White people are often defensive when they’re called out for these subtle snubs and insults. But researchers have found that microaggressions correlate with racial bias. — By Jonathan Kanter, Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington A white man shares publicly that a group of Black Harvard graduates “look like gang members to me” and claims he would have said the same of white people dressed similarly. A white physician…

The recent passing of Tina Turner brings to attention some of the struggles which he endured in her lifetime and how those struggles shaped who she was. Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939, in Nutbush, Tennessee. She was the youngest of three children and had…

I think this is a useful paradigm for understanding a powerful societal force that is by turns amusing, upsetting, and dangerous. I’ve been using this little phrase for more than a year and I’m gonna let you all use it now, too. First I’ll briefly outline the three main…

I call Florida “Little Germany” and I call Governor Ron DeSantis the second-coming of Hitler. I do not say this to be facetious. If you think this is an exaggeration, then you must not know history, and you must not be aware of what’s going on in Florida right now. …

We have tried and failed for decades. It’s time to try a new solution. — Here in the US, several states have legalized marijuana, not just for health reasons, but also for recreational use. Kansas is not one of them, Missouri is. I live on the state line and so technically it would be simple for me to procure gummy bears. Personally, regular marijuana use…

If Trump can do it, why can’t they? — Daniel Goodwyn of Texas is the latest domestic terrorist to plead guilty to partaking in the January 6, 2021 failed coup d’etat against the US government. As if to prove to the world that his mea culpa was disingenuous and force-fed down his throat, he immediately showed up on Tucker…

White people of faith have failed to accurately recognize and fight for the divinity in their brothers and sisters of color, and it’s a flat-out sin worthy of our full repentance. — By John Pavlovitz Growing-up I lived with an image of Jesus. I’m talking about a literal picture that inhabited our family room, my Catholic school hallways, and the homes of many of the Christians I knew. With angular features, blue eyes, and flowing golden hair this Jesus was calm, quietly…