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    American Exceptionalism,  Black Lives Matter,  justice,  racism

    Black and White; Truth and Lies

    June 13, 2025 /

    Some seventeen years ago now a man I didn’t much know but with whom I sparred asked a question of me that changed the course of my life: “You do know that I’m Black?”

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    Feats of Clay

    December 31, 2018
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    Beyond the Sight Lines of Racism

    January 1, 2021
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    History as Cassandra

    August 30, 2022
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    American Exceptionalism,  faith,  history,  justice,  racism

    Can This Racial Division Be Healed?

    February 11, 2021 /

    It’s fascinating and saddening to realize that the people who are outside the faith have a better understanding of Jesus and Christianity and the Gospel than many Evangelicals have.

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    Safety monitors

    January 28, 2023
    Two women, one white, one Black, are having a conversation with each other. They're seated facing each other at a table next to a large window overlooking an urban setting.

    #WakingUpWhite Chapter 45: Normalizing Race Talk

    May 9, 2020

    When it is too much to bear but must be borne

    April 18, 2023
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    American Exceptionalism,  history,  justice,  photos,  racism

    We Must See People in Color

    January 22, 2021 /

    It is the reality of America that white people do recognize color, and use it for judgment about a person’s character.

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    #WakingUpWhite Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock

    February 8, 2019
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    #WakingUpWhite Chapter 31: Courageous Conversations

    October 6, 2019
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    Bullhorns and Butterflies

    June 19, 2022
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    American Exceptionalism,  faith,  history,  justice,  racism

    To My Evangelical Faith Family

    August 29, 2020 /

    To my white Evangelical family: You birthed me and raised me and gave me principles and sent me out into the world. I owe my character development to you. But now you’ve gone insane. I’ll just say this: a man, woman, or child does not need to be perfect in order to be treated as a human being who, according to our theology, bears the Imago Dei — the image of God. We were taught as Evangelicals to believe that all human beings are gloriously unique and valuable. This is embedded into our very theology of the Incarnation: we believe that Jesus was — and is! — not only God…

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    News and Updates

    April 13, 2019
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    Juneteenth, Reparations, and What Do I Do About It?

    June 19, 2019

    Wyte Innocence

    March 28, 2022
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