by Starlette Thomas | Feb 5, 2021 | Opinion>Christian Nationalism
I didn’t sign up for this. I’m certain of it. I checked the salvation plan at the end of the pamphlet that was handed to me by an adult who was convinced that the gesture was well-meaning because my soul was in danger. I checked my notes from my new members’ class and...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 11, 2021 | Opinion
Cue the quotes. The film highlights in black and white. The images of him preaching, praying and protesting. Advertise a pulpit swap complete with multicultural depictions of a unity that is staged and captured only in frames. It lasts only for the day, a planned hour...
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 12, 2020 | Opinion
The 13th Amendment abolished the enslavement of human beings as well as involuntary servitude in the United States, with the exception of imprisonment as pointed out in magnificently dramatic form in Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary “13th.” The 14th Amendment granted...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 31, 2020 | Opinion
If some people didn’t get the message of the protests against police brutality, with persons around the world marching down city streets and country roads after the death of George Floyd, then the athletes of the WNBA, the NBA and MLS are repeating it loud and clear....
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 29, 2020 | Opinion
“Who am I really?” I first asked this question as an undergraduate student at Buffalo State College. It is not an unusual question or an unusual time to pose it. Away from family members and all things familiar, now was the time to find out who I was. Who was I when...
