I ran into a fascinating interview on Pray Tell Blog with Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt, a sociologist of religion who is currently completing a major study of African American Catholics. It was published as part of Black Catholic History Month. I recommend the whole thing, but here I want to focus on a short response that reinforced my own thoughts, where she touches on the idea of a white space. You mentioned the concept of an “ultra-white space” at SSSR.... Read more