The way we move in the world is so often largely invisible to ourselves. We are unaware that what we take for granted could be so foreign to someone else. “How have you never heard of this show?”, “How have you never eaten this food?”, “What do you mean; mayonnaise is a white people thing?”….
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For the Love of Humanity
We have some polls that are not changing and are simply baffling to understand. The group most committed to Donald Trump is white evangelicals. In spite of his hatred for brown and black people, his sexism, his despisement of immigrants, his mocking of the disabled, his sexual predatory behavior, his human trafficking accusations, and…
Trouble I’ve Seen – Interview with Drew Hart
I’m so excited to share this discussion I had with Drew. His book, Trouble I’ve Seen is your must-read for the year. And, the Englewood Review of Books just selected it as their March Book of the Month, so be sure to follow along with that discussion this month. ***** You mention a few examples…
An Integrated Life – What Are You Known For Supporting?
[blockquote type=”left”]”Many white liberals in sundown towns and suburbs worry about social ostracism, so their anti-racism never gets voiced beyond the confines of home….Many residents of sundown towns expressed displeasure with their town’s anti-black policies when they talked with me. Their disapproval seemed sincere, but they never mentioned voicing such sentiments to their fellow…
An Integrated Life – A Series
I’m starting a new series for a month or so based on the book Sundown Towns, and how we can use it to inspect the whiteness of our lives. It will feature several short posts, and hopefully it will give you a good feel for the book, especially for the people who don’t have time to…
Christians™ and the Love of Power
So it’s Pentecost. And I’m sitting at home listening to Breakeven, Bad Blood, and watching Birdman (which is a weird movie). I’m still alive but I’m barely breathing…. Still got scars on my back from your knife So don’t think it’s in the past, these kind of wounds they last and they last….
Convergence-Emergence: Same Shit, Different Decade
[blockquote type=”center”] “Reconciliation can be understood as exchanging places with ‘the other,’ overcoming alienation through identification, solidarity, restoring relationships, positive change, new frameworks, and a rich togetherness that is both spiritual and political.” Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism (p12) [/blockquote] It’s been 14 years since A New Kind of Christian. 10 years since…
Deconstructing Christian Whiteness
A toddler builds a tower out of blocks. He knocks it down and starts again, examining the blocks as he builds. He examines the colors, shapes, sizes, as he builds his creation. How often do we kick down the towers we’ve built and look at the pieces? [line] Black voices surrounded me, singing words like…
Where White People Should Start
[blockquote type=”center”] I guess all we can really do toward racial reconciliation is work on our own selves, right? Prioritizing understanding over self-defense is a good first step (although a doozy). Being heard is THE prerequisite to healing conversations. If you try to understand me then I automatically want to try to understand you. Humility…
Being Comfortable with Oppression
There have been a few posts out lately that I’ve been thinking about. You don’t need to read them before continuing, but they might give some context to this post. “Yet it is on the whole a kindly society, for wars and depressions have victimized both whites and blacks. Their shared experiences have…