by Starlette Thomas | Jun 1, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Story. When I was a child, we couldn’t say the word “lie.” It was a bad word, comparable to cussing. Three letters, it was a big word that was only spoken at a certain age, as an adult and a rite of passage. Children also couldn’t call an adult a liar or say that an...
by Starlette Thomas | May 17, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
It’s track number 24 and the first verse: “The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world and those who live in it.” It’s a part of a really long album called The Psalms with appearances by various artists. The artist on this song is David, who is not a...
by Starlette Thomas | May 10, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
“We are still in a pandemic.” I say this to friends who are measuring themselves against the pre-pandemic standards of performance and comparing their lives to the time before we weren’t trying to do everything under one roof. “We are still in a pandemic.” I say it to...
by Starlette Thomas | May 3, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Derek Chauvin was found guilty three times over, convicted of the death of George Floyd by a jury of his peers. The verdict is in. Now, we all know who killed George Floyd. That’s certain, crystal clear like the tears I cried in sweet relief....
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 26, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Police. Brutality. I have been thinking about these two words a lot lately. I first saw them in action in 1991 during the beating of Rodney King. Amadou Diallo was on my mind and on my college dormitory wall in 1999. It’s a strange pairing. I wish the two words didn’t...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 21, 2021 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
I was preparing for the worst – for a not guilty verdict, for my hopes to be dashed yet again. So, I did not ask them to get up. Instead, we all stayed seated while I waited for the verdict to come in regarding the Derek Chauvin trial. Like the owners who boarded up...
