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How the Stories of Our Past Shape Our Future

  • Post published:October 11, 2024
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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These days, I think many of us feel weary. Weary in advocacy, weary of politics, weary and wondering if the change we hope for is possible. I recently wrote, in reference…

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Read more about the article S6 E22 | Why Stories of Hope Subvert Racism with John Blake

S6 E22 | Why Stories of Hope Subvert Racism with John Blake

  • Post published:June 27, 2023
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Is racism baked into our nation’s DNA? Is there any hope for change? John Blake, a CNN journalist and author of More Than I Imagined, explores the personal and social…

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Read more about the article S6 E13 | How a Mystery Series Tells Black History with Patricia Raybon

S6 E13 | How a Mystery Series Tells Black History with Patricia Raybon

  • Post published:February 21, 2023
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What is casual racism? How did a non-fiction writer end up writing a mystery series? Author Patricia Raybon talks with Amy Julia Becker about faith and “casual racism,” Black history…

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Read more about the article The Insidious Racism of Assimilation
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The Insidious Racism of Assimilation

  • Post published:November 21, 2022
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Assimilation is an insidious form of racism and sexism and ableism and all the other isms.  It’s subtle, because it comes in the form of an invitation, not an explicit…

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New Haven Racial History Tour

  • Post published:July 12, 2022
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We’ve traveled down south with our kids to learn the history of racial injustice there. But how do we narrate the reality of northern complicity in racial injustice?  We started…

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The Link-Up (April/May 2022)

  • Post published:May 24, 2022
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Here are my top 5 recommendations of what to read or listen to from the past month that I shared in my monthly update (you can subscribe to the updates…

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Read more about the article A Glimpse of Hope for Healing the Wounds of Racism
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A Glimpse of Hope for Healing the Wounds of Racism

  • Post published:May 20, 2022
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I’ve struggled a bit this past week to understand how much the Buffalo shooting should be understood in a wider context of racism in the United States. Esau McCaulley’s essay…

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Read more about the article The Problem of Insidious White Supremacy
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The Problem of Insidious White Supremacy

  • Post published:May 18, 2022
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At church on Sunday, we prayed for the families of the victims of last weekend’s horrific and racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, NY. In our small, predominantly white, New England…

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Teaching Our Children What We Are FOR

  • Post published:May 13, 2022
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Eboo Patel’s essay for the New York Times Tuesday reminded me that I want to teach our kids what we are FOR as a family. So we support restrictions on…

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S5 E12 | Racism: Can Learning History Bring Healing? with Lisa Sharon Harper

  • Post published:February 8, 2022
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 Learning the history of enslavement and racism illuminates the path to repentance and repair. Lisa Sharon Harper, leading faith and race activist and author of Fortune, looks at the power…

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