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Thursday, April 12th, 2007Fortunately, Rev. Al’s reactionary racial motiff isn’t the only option for those who care about reconciliation and justice. Contrast his hypocritical bombast with the humble determination of North Park University Professor Soong-Chan Rah. HT: Peter Ong and Jesus Creed. For good measure, another link to Ed Gilbreath of Reconciliation Blues. And oh, by the way, [...]
Thoughts on Race, Rap, Duke, Imus, and Rev. Al
Thursday, April 12th, 2007First, the disclaimers. 1. I am not an Imus fan. 2. His comments last week were racist, sexist, and typical of his show. 3. He should have been fired a long time ago. Next, the ironies (hypocrisies). 1. MSNBC fired Imus the same day last year’s rush-to-judgment, race-fueled charges against the Duke lacrosse players were [...]
Who’s most responsible for true beauty?
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007In January, I posted this tragic video for the first time. In light of Don Imus’ racist rant against the Rutgers women’s basketball team last week and the resulting controversy, I wonder who’s more responsible for the current climate that could cause black girls to express themselves as they do in that video? Are fools [...]
Catching my breath
Monday, March 5th, 2007After this … I needed this … Much appreciation and love to the Brooks family, Chris and his Queen and the heirs to her throne — Selah and Gabriel — for graciously returning me to earth Saturday night. (For those of you who’ve never experienced being serenaded by the Brooks kids, get in line.) Thanks [...]
Faithonomics
Monday, March 5th, 2007Having spent some time at a congregation that evolved into a “name-it-and-claim-it” church in the late 80s, I was skeptical of Pastor Daniel Hill’s series title “Faithonomics” at River City Community Church on Sunday. But given his participation in CCDA and UYWI I figured some slack was due. And it was! Pastor Daniel gave an [...]
Introducing a Great American
Monday, February 5th, 2007OK. “Introducing” may be a bit strong of a word as it relates to Clarence Jones. But within the evangelical circles I travel, this man who should need no introduction does. So in honor of Black History Month, here goes. Nearly forty years after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, Dr. King’s former speechwriter and counsel [...]
How can we be friends?
Friday, February 2nd, 2007A must read: Reconciliation Blues by Edward Gilbreath, the first African American staff reporter at Christianity Today. His insights about the state of race relations within evangelicalism are excerpted here. One story he tells reminds me of my own experience at a lilly-white evangelical conference, as told in “Losing Races: A Dream Deferred” (reprinted at [...]
A Girl Like Me
Monday, January 29th, 2007Well, uh, not exactly like me. But like Kiri Davis, a 17-year old New York City high school student whose short film has caused a sensation at film festivals around the country and reignited a debate about race. Fifty years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case desegregated schools, Kiri decided to recreate [...]
The Dream Persists
Monday, January 22nd, 2007Congratulations to Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith for becoming the first black head coaches to lead their teams to the Super Bowl in 41 years! As Jeffri Chadiha writes on today’s SI.com, special props go to Dungy for making the most of his trailblazing opportunity and for opening doors to others, including Smith. And, oh [...]
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
I’m a HUGE fan of WFAN, the nation’s first all-sports talk radio station. I remember discovering it in junior high school, back in its inaugural year of 1987. Uncle Torlief had picked up my cousin Steven and me from basketball practice, the Mets were in the playoffs, and Ray Knight was being interviewed — on [...]
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