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Friday, April 27th, 2007Stereotypes rob people of their dignity. They cause prejudgments and misunderstandings and constrain how we and others think about who we are and why we exist. People who care about people constantly fight against stereotypes, their own and others. That’s why it’s so painful to watch people live down to them. Last night at the [...]
"He knows that we know his leadership lacks integrity"
Friday, April 13th, 2007Jason Whitlock on Rev. Al and the Imus melodrama (watch on CBS News if YouTube video doesn’t work). UPDATE More class from Coach Vivian Stringer and the Rutgers basketball team. Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer said Friday the team had accepted radio host Don Imus’ apology. She said he deserves a chance to [...]
A contrast in race matters
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 [...]
The Ministry of Reconciliation: A Tribute to Oscar Romero
Monday, February 19th, 2007Much love and appreciation to Rev. Dr. Alfred Cockfield and his wife Linette Savory-Cockfield of God’s Battalion of Prayer Church in Flatbush, Brooklyn, for inviting me to preach at their Black History Month “Celebration of Latin America” service last night. Congregational members from Cuba, Costa Rica, and Panama helped us glimpse the flavor of faith [...]
Something the Lord Made
Saturday, February 17th, 2007SOMETHING THE LORD MADE is the story of two men – an ambitious white surgeon and a gifted black carpenter turned lab technician – who defied the racial strictures of the Jim Crow South and together pioneered the field of heart surgery. Mos Def breaks the rapper-turned-actor mold in a star-making performance as Vivien Thomas, [...]
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 [...]
Who am I?
Friday, December 8th, 2006Beyond stereotypes. HT: Emerge Miami.
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