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• Black Children Are Never Seen As Children (6th Anniversary Post)

  I'll never forget August 9, 2014. Yet, this post is not about Mike Brown. If you've paid attention to the news this last week, two things happened that have... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can White People Be Saved?

  Sen. Tom Cotton said in an interview that was published today that slavery was a necessary evil. Dr. Lawrence Mead, professor of public policy and political... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• (Southern) Trees Bear Strange Fruit, Blood on the Leaves and Blood at the Root

  There was a literal lynch mob formed last week in Wilmington, North Carolina and nearly dragged out the young man who lived in the house that the mob went to.... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ain’t Gonna Study War No More

  It's been a weird couple of weeks. My father's twin brother died on Holy Saturday and was buried Monday. However, since the pandemic has made it impossible for... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When God Is White, White Is God (What Should Have Been A “Last Day of Black...

  In many white Christian contexts, theology produced by racial minorities comes with an assumption of heresy and heterodoxy. The implicit message from many... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When Affirmative Action Was White…or, Nothing’s Changing Until White People Do...

  I have some speaking engagements coming up and I'm re-reading some writings that matter to me as a way of setting my mind in the direction I need to go. This... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can White Congregations Honor Black History Month Authentically?

  Happy Black History Month everybody. Unlike King Sunday in January where I know that white ministers and congregations are going to at least nominally... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Don’t Preach King on King Sunday–2020 Edition

  It's 2020 y'all. And January 19th, Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday, is rapidly approaching so I thought I would get this out while you ministers are still thinkin... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• This Country Is Killing Our Children (2019 Holy Innocents Day Thought)

  In all the things going on there was a story that probably passed you by. A new study* from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows suicide rates for African... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mamas Don’t Let Their Babies Grow Up To Have Their Weddings At Plantations

  Well...I do declare...I didn't know that there were so many unreconstructed Confederates in Unitarian Universalism. I know there are quite a number of race... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hit Dogs Holler

  If you knew your history, then you would know where I'm coming from. Then you wouldn't have to ask me who the hell do I think I am. -Bob Marley So...some... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The “Souls of Black Folk” Test

  Unless something changes before I head off to AAR (American Academy of Religion) in San Diego next week, this will be the first year in more than a decade that ... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Racial Justice at the Pace of White People’s Feelings Won’t Happen

  I was going to name this post "Why Unitarian Universalism Must Change or Die," but this is bigger than just that little corner of the liberal religious (and... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unlike King, I Don’t Have A Dream

  Yesterday was the 56th anniversary of the death of W.E.B. Du Bois (on the eve of the March on Washington). Today is the 56th anniversary of the March on... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Eric and John and Michael and Kajieme And… (Five Years On)

  I should be writing about El Paso and Dayton, but friends, I have written about this country's idolatrous relationship with guns more than enough and I write... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Counterfactuals

  I don't normally deal with counterfactuals, but since I'm avoiding writing about why I think UUism (or most UU congregations) will stay white it's related. So... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When They See Us

  "So much of what we think we know about black history is actually white history. We've told the black story through a white lens, with whites as the main... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Black Love Is Forever…or, The Institutions We Build

  When I was younger and choosing where to go to college, I knew I was going to go to a women's college. Never a doubt in my mind. Seminary was different. It... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (Thoughts on Black Maternity)

  At the end of 2017, I did a series of posts about the Black maternal mortality rate. With the CDC's releasing new numbers about the U.S. maternal mortality rate... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• History Is Here To Help…..(You Can’t Hit A Straight Lick With A Crooked Stick,...

  This post should be about The Young and the Restless and the tribute they are paying to the late Kristoff St. John, who played Neil Winters for almost 30... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2019 POLITICS, SOCIETY