Racism – Page 15 – Red Letter Christians

The Great White Hope? What White People Can Do About Racism

August 26, 2011

I attend a congregation called, Iglesia del Barrio (IDB), which translated into English means “church of the neighborhood.” The congregation is made up of predominantly Puerto Rican folks who have lived most...

With Morbid Silence: Christian Denial in an Age of Economic Disparity

Erin Echols

August 25, 2011

General, Politics

Whether it is in our passionate recitation from the one line of the one Martin Luther King speech we’ve actually read or the long clap that followed our now President’s suggestion that “There’s not a black Amer...

The Majority Needs Diversity More Than The Minority

Chris Lahr

August 19, 2011

General

A couple months ago I was at a one-day conference on raising money and sustaining your sport’s club. Working with Timoteo, a flag football ministry in Philly that mentors young men, I was eager to learn how ...

Like Fish Out of Water. . .What White People Can Do About Racism

Chris Lahr

August 12, 2011

General

Several years ago I was taking an Evangelism class at Asbury Seminary. We had a guest speaker come to our class who was an anthropology/ missiology professor. I was immediately drawn to him as he sported a ki...

The Myth of the Melting Pot: What White People Can Do About Racism

Chris Lahr

August 5, 2011

General

One thing I know about white people is that we like results (or as Larry the Cable Guy often says, we like to “git er done”). Another thing I have noticed, particularly in the Church, is that if we don’t thi...

The Pollution of Racism: What White People Can Do About Racism

Chris Lahr

July 29, 2011

General, Race

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world (James 1:27). I love my job with Miss...

Are You Colorblind?

Chris Lahr

July 20, 2011

General

When it comes to talking about race, I hear a lot of white folks proudly mention that they are colorblind. Not in the since that they are vision impaired but that they do not notice the color of one’s skin,...