Racism – Apprentice 2 Jesus

How race became a religion

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 by Dan, posted in Racism

I am a fan of the Holy Post podcast. Phil Vischer (Veggie Tales) has a great conversation with Skye Jethani and Christian Taylor in this episode. The first half is worth the listen (especially Christian talking about her documentary on France in WWII), but it’s the second half of the episode that is worth the listen… and, of course, challenging. Willie James Jennings is the guest and takes on racism as a religion.

I’d highly recommend his book The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race.

Being anti-racist

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 by Dan, posted in Racism

It is not enough to identify racism as a problem. Too often what we do is admit there is racism, but then catch ourselves in the foolish question of just who IS and who ISN’T “a racist.” What we need to do is acknowledge racism and then combat it.

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Anti-racist

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 by Dan, posted in Racism

I have been challenged recently by people who write on racism and friends who are people of color on this issue of racism. It is something that has weighed on me the past several years (the issue of racism) and when I moved to Alabama, I knew the Lord would keep working on me. The challenge is this: It’s not enough to simply think I’m not a racist. I need to be anti-racist.

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Soul wrenching

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 by Dan, posted in Racism

We finished a long three week trip as we visited family. It was a great trip filled with friends, family, and conversation. There was one last stop I needed to make before we made it home.

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Dr. King — The time is always right to do right

July 21, 2019 by Dan, posted in Racism

Now if we are going to have this kind of massive action program that is necessary to solve the problem, we’ve got to get rid of one or two false notions that are disseminated around our nation, false ideas and myths that are constantly circulated.

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Court prophets and wilderness prophets

July 20, 2019 by Dan, posted in Racism

There are too many paragraphs to highlight in this powerful column. But this one is a good one to point out:

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Let America be America Again

July 19, 2019 by Dan, posted in Culture

By Langston Hughes
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

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