racial reconciliation
Monday Morning MP3 (Tuesday edition)
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008The Church on the Frontier of Racial Tension, Martin Luther King, Jr., at Southern Seminary (1961) In honor of King Day, here’s an MP3 from a speech 32-year-old Dr. King gave at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, challenging Southern Baptists and evangelicals of all stripes to embrace racial reconciliation in a post-colonial world, seven years before [...]
P, This One’s for You
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007It was nice to read good news about Arab/Jewish relations in the papers this morning. It’s especially appropriate, given the season. “On earth peace, good will toward men.” Related + Open Questions + Thoughts on Racial Profile, Saudi Gang Rape, and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Thoughts on racial profiling; Saudi gang rape; and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Monday, November 26th, 2007I live in the fastest growing Arabic community in New York City. Like many Brooklyn neighborhoods, Bay Ridge has been home to successive waves of immigrants, including Scandinavian, Italian, Greek, Puerto Rican, Asian and many others. Since first moving here in 1990, I have watched Fifth Avenue transform from a typical commercial Brooklyn corridor dotted [...]