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• Mercy Mercy Me, Things Ain’t What They Used To Be Pt.2

  ok...quiz time (and we're going on the honor system that you aren't Googling the answers) 1. What do I mean when I use the word "redemption"? (if you think I a... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When You Can’t Call For Help

  I'm housesitting for some friends not too far from my house. No big deal. Except that it is. If something goes wrong, I can't prove that I have cause to be in... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Care and Feeding of Black Children’s Souls Pt. 3

  A lot of my UU friends happen to be religious educators. So when I read articles or studies about black children and education, I think about them. It so happen... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No, Virginia…..All Black People Don’t Look Alike (GA Reflection #1)

  Well...GA is over. I'm actually kinda sad about that. anyway..... Situation #1- After the Service of the Living Tradition on Thursday night, while talking to... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pharaoh’s Army Drowned In The Red Sea…or More Unitarian Universalist Nonsense

  Somedays the only thing that keeps me half-way in Unitarian Universalism is Aretha Franklin singing gospel. anyway...... News came out yesterday that UUA... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• These Things Wouldn’t Happen If You Just Listened To Black Women

  I've gotten to talk to the bestest friend a couple of times over the past few days. And since bestest friend is also a UU of color, part of our conversation... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• All I Have To Do Is Stay Black And Die (or…The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good...

  

  So...over the Facebook wires yesterday came this..... The UU Congregation of Atlanta is moving. And in their information gathering, a survey was created. This... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Black People Can Never Be Respectable Enough (White Discomfort with the Words...

  (it looks like I might have to do a thread on respectability politics, so this will fit in somewhere) ok....since some of y'all are determined to stay... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Make Me Wanna Holler, Throw Up Both Of My Hands

  Let's talk about the policing of black bodies, shall we? Late last night, a Tulsa jury found officer Betty Shelby not guilty of manslaughter in the killing of... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• If You Just Change The Key, It’s Still The Same Old Song

  If you've listened to Mark Morrison-Reed's Minns Lecture, or read "Black Pioneers in a White Denomination", then you know about the survey (questions were... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Godspeed, Jim Key

  News came out a little while ago that UUA Moderator Jim Key is resigning his position due to serious health concerns. I last saw Jim at the UUA Board meeting... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Putting On The Whole Armour Of God

  If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it. -Zora Neale Hurston Here's the brutal truth... After institutional UUism's... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mercy Mercy Me, Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

  Marcus Garvey said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." After a number of conversations... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What You Have Amnesia Towards Does Not Have Amnesia Towards You

  So Rev. Peter Morales decided to speak today; the second of two publicized days for the UU White Supremacy Teach-In. And he seems to be practicing some active... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I’m With Her…As Long As “Her” Is Susan Frederick-Gray

  Susan and I both grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis. This is the shallowest reason that I think Susan should be the next UUA President. And while there are... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Where Is Egypt? (or, Thinking About the Holy Innocents)

  If you are reading this, I'm going to assume that you've heard the news about Jordan Edwards, the 15-year-old black child who was killed by police in the suburb... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste (Third Question for the UUA Presidential...

  Susan. Alison. Jeanne. I'll start this post with two quotes from Mary McLeod Bethune. (we're good with me assuming you know who she is, right?) MMB said,... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why I’m Not At the MidAmerica Region Annual Assembly

  I love Chicago. I have family there that I'm normally always looking for a way to be with. And I have friends that I don't see nearly enough. So when I first... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Hagar-Sarah Conundrum (Yet Another Question for the UUA Presidential...

  Susan. Alison. Jeanne. I've been trying to find a way to ask this question and not sound like an angry black woman. I have figured out in the process that I... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There Has To Be More Than Emerson (The Canons We Have and What Looks Like Crazy...

  I knew it would happen as soon as the title for my last post came to mind. I knew that some well-intentioned white people would send me private messages... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY