Tag: racism
Black, White, East, West
Article first published as Black, White, East, West on Blogcritics. On April 23, 1912, a religious leader from the Middle East addressed a multiracial audience at the Metropolitan African Methodist Ep... Read More
“I Don’t See Race.”
Article first published as “I Don’t See Race” on Blogcritics. Once upon a time there was a man on a quest to solve the world’s problems. He heard that there was a person who co... Read More
What is the Face of Racism?
“White supremacy is the greatest danger we as Americans face as a source of domestic terrorism, and one of the least recognized,” writes Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite at the Washington Post&... Read More
Faith, Race, and Terror
Article first published as Faith, Race, and Terror on Blogcritics. It’s mourning in America again. Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote that the blood of the innocent cries forever. We join our cries wi... Read More
Brown Like Her
Article first published as Brown Like Her on Blogcritics “More,” said my son as I listed as many “brown” people as I could think of. Grammy, Pappa, Aunties (including one adopt... Read More
Faith and Race: A Dialogue Worth Having
Article first published in the Newsletter of the Parliament of the World’s Religions According to the Abrahamic traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baha’i Faith, the u... Read More
The Death Penalty and Innocence by Zachary Bailes
Every day I read The New York Times. Feverishly I flip through the pages, catching up on "all the news that's fit to print." Reading the news and learning about current events helps me more deeply und... Read More
Racism in America as Noted by a Light-Skinned, Mexican-American
Ever been followed in TJ Maxx because you are not white? I have. Ever been told, “You aren’t Mexican, you are too light. You must be Spanish?” I have. Ever have your former in-laws complain abou... Read More