Breaking the Bonds of White Silence
When it is said that white silence is violence, it is not hyperbole.
How American Christians Can Break Free from ‘Slaveholder Religion’
I don’t know how to explain Trumpvangelicals apart from white Christianity’s long history of justifying and defending white supremacy. How else do you reconcile “America first” with “the last shall be first”?
Calling the Bluff on White Jesus
If you haven’t noticed, white Jesus is usually the only Jesus in town. If you dig, you can find other images of Jesus, but it’s hard. If that isn’t a symbol of white supremacy, I don’t know what is.
The Power & Privilege of White Women
Like many conservative white voters, I rejected notions of privilege simply because bank accounts were sometimes in the red.
Sentenced to Death for Being Black: The Duane Buck Story
SEPT 27, 2013 | ACT NOW -- Racial bias has no place in the administration of justice – tell that to Harris County, Texas. Duane Buck...
Acknowledging Our Social Location
Editor's Note: This post is part of the Red Letter Book Club, featuring Bruce Reyes-Chow's latest book: But I Don't See You as Asian: Curating Conversations About Race.
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White privilege, and what we’re supposed to do about it
JULY 23, 2013 | BY: KRISTEN HOWERTON -- The case of Trayon Martin’s death has caused a national conversation around race. I really...
A White Pastor’s Miracle in Trayvon Martin’s Church
JULY 16, 2013 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- On Sunday morning, Sarah Lund got up early and drove down to Allen Chapel, also known as...
Finding justice for Trayvon: seven actions steps for our outrage
JULY 15, 2013 | BY: KRISTEN HOWERTON -- I have seen a shift in the last year, though, and I think the Trayvon Martin case served to rattle...
Radical Theology: The New “White” Religion?
May 9, 2013 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- I would love to sit with a handful of thinkers and practitioners in the field of liberation theology and talk about...