[The uncensured version of this photo was doctored, original photo is of MLK showing a peace sign] If you’re someone that is outspoken on the issue of race chances are, at one point or another, you’ve had a conversation with a so-called “pacifist” who has cited MLK as a pacifistic example. They then use MLK’s life as a means in which you need to be exactly like. This quickly turns from a back and forth dialogue to a dead-end conversation. To say that the way... Read more
I still believe in God. Hesitantly. With many theistic believers proposing that God exists because our world is unexplainable we’re finding the more we explain the less impact that argument has. I want to admit upfront that this could very well have more to do with my personal needs and given heritage than it does objectively given facts. There is some what of an understanding that my given context has handed me my language, family, geographical location, and therefore my... Read more
Lem, as you’ll hear in the video, professes to be an evangelical, while Brent is slightly more hesitant, but both probably have slightly more conservative leanings than I do which gave to an amazing, and in some places, an uncomfortable conversation. I think Lem is more of what an actual conservative looks like [personality wise], as opposed to the media’s projection of what a conservative looks like [Fox News]. Lem is a professor at San Diego Christian College and Brent is... Read more
“There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.” – Carl Sagan Read more
When I lived in Southern California I would visit various churches, the one I’d attend the most was a young, hip[ster], evangelical “mega Church [1].” I recall sitting in services where they would have “altar-calls,” inviting the congregants to “commit their life to Christ” by publicly displaying their commitment and getting baptized then and there. The energy in the room was palpable. Music blasting, congregants clapping, pastors crying, and those baptized celebrating. I couldn’t help but think during all of this, Is this... Read more
Hypothetically speaking, if Mark Driscoll did in fact decide to resign from Mars Hill Church, instead of just taking a 6-week sabbatical, the problem would not just go away. Let’s take this a step further and say that Mars Hill Church completely shut it doors and ceased to exist, all 15 campuses, the problem would still be there. [I guess Mark Driscoll’s resignation wasn’t so hypothetical] The problem is not Mark Driscoll; the problem is who or what Mark Driscoll... Read more
“Race is there, it exists. You’re tired of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting it is living it.” – Jon Stewart Read more
I think that one of the most fundamental reasons in regards to misunderstandings on the issue of race and systemic injustice is a lack of education. I once heard Cornel West say that “at the heart of racism is ignorance.” I think it is ignorance that is responsible for those with lighter skin complexion to lack empathy for those with a darker skin complexion. I think it is ignorance that leads people to post and agree with this Peanut’s cartoon:... Read more
How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson is a Guest Post from JENÉE DESMOND-HARRIS Race Manners: Michael Brown’s death didn’t cause a divide between you and the people in your social networks. It simply revealed one. Use the information you’re getting to decide which relationships you value. It’s no surprise that you’re seeing a racial divide in the reactions to what happened in Ferguson, Mo. A poll conducted by Pew showed that blacks are about twice as likely as whites to... Read more
How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson is a Guest Post from JENÉE DESMOND-HARRIS Race Manners: Michael Brown’s death didn’t cause a divide between you and the people in your social networks. It simply revealed one. Use the information you’re getting to decide which relationships you value. It’s no surprise that you’re seeing a racial divide in the reactions to what happened in Ferguson, Mo. A poll conducted by Pew showed that blacks are about twice as likely as whites to... Read more
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