race
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Two reasons the Supreme Court is wrong on race.
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8 min read
The Supreme Court is looking to gut the Civil Rights Act for reasons that we’re not willing to face — they are bad at law and wrong.
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It’s still about race — MLK Day isn’t the end
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1 min read
The holiday doesn’t mark an end to racism. It reminds us of its consistency.
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Racism
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4 min read
Episode 47 of the Make Saints podcast
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Unearthing Whiteness
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2 min read
The greatest challenge to race relations in the US is whiteness. Not in skin color, but the belief that European cultural roots are fundamentally better. Part 1 “If Trayvon was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk?” —President Barack Obama, July 19, 2013 This is the question we refuse…
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How to summarize a time of great division
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6 min read
Kelly Brown Douglas confronts the history which not only brought us Stand Your Ground laws, but undergirds a constant struggle for continued oppression.
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Living into God’s Time
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4 min read
One Book One Diocese Lenten Study The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis is reading the same book together for Lent. Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas. We’re gathering in local communities to discuss the book or reading independently. As part of my own discipline of reading the book and preparing for discussion,…