What Happens When I’m the Problem?

What Happens When I’m the Problem?

What do you think of when you hear the phrase “American Dream”? It usually means that if a person works hard and keeps their nose clean, they will achieve anything they want. Much of the nation’s history, and the theology that has arisen from the church in America,...
The Micro and Macro Faces of Racism

The Micro and Macro Faces of Racism

Lee Daniel’s “The Butler” was the featured film on a recent family movie night. The main character, Cecil Gaines (played by Forest Whitaker), is the son of a sharecropper in the 1920s. Although technically “free,” the film depicts the tenuous situation Black people...
What a Day It Would Be If We Did It

What a Day It Would Be If We Did It

What a day! The United Nations calls March 21 the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. I wish there were more days like it, instead of days that celebrate colonizers, oppressors, murderers, traitors and such. I wish that these days would...