Defending Paula Deen: what the national reaction can teach us about race
JULY 2, 2013 | BY: KRISTEN HOWERTON -- There has been a lot of press about the recent lawsuit filed against Paula Deen, alleging...
Abercrombie And Fitch And Homelessness and You
May 15, 2013 | BY: HUGH HOLLOWELL -- Recently, the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch said in an interview that he only wanted “thin and beautiful...
Cure for the White Savior Complex
BY: SHAWN CASSELBERRY -- We have all seen movies like Dangerous Minds, Freedom Writers, or Blindside, right? You know the ones, where...
Stop celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.
BY: MATT RINDGE -- Last month America engaged in its annual ritual of misremembering Martin Luther King, Jr. Although Rev. Dr....
Christian Rhetoric in Understanding Racism
Christianity is filled with helpful ways of understanding modern racism. The way in which Christians view the world helps us understand our individual roles within a larger system of racial injustice. Yet the G...
Driscoll, Piper, Calvin and God’s Gift of… Racism?
“It’s right for God to slaughter women and children anytime he pleases. God gives life and he takes life. Everybody who dies, dies because God wills that they die.”
-John Piper (quoted in an interview previo...
"Basically good" and "I'm not a racist, but…"
No one wants to see the sin in themselves. We don't like to look at our brokenness square in the face. We tend to give ourselves the benefit of the doubt because we know our own struggles.
Our perception of ou...
10 Skills Required for Intercultural Transformation
Last week I wrote about Undoing Houston’s Racism, including my own silence when violence was jokingly threatened against people of color. There I said that, “Racism, antipathy and alienation between diffe...
When You Can't Find Your Words
Trayvon Martin's parents attented the Million Hoodies March. Photo: NYMag.com
It’s been almost a month since the slaying of Trayvon Martin. This particular African-American child was intentionally shot thro...
Researching My Sundown Town: What white people can do about racism…
The next step on the path towards reconciliation is an important one. It is at this point that we reach a critical juncture of either rejection or repentance. Racial justice is not something easily obtained a...