by Wendell Griffen | Apr 22, 2021 | Opinion
It has been almost a year since George Perry Floyd breathed for the last time face down on a street in Minneapolis on the evening of May 25, 2020. It has been almost a year since we learned that the official report issued by the Minneapolis Police Department...
by Wendell Griffen | Mar 16, 2021 | Opinion
On March 21, 1960, South African police shot and killed 69 people at a peaceful rally to protest apartheid “pass” laws in Sharpeville, South Africa. In 1979, the United Nations first observed March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial...
by Wendell Griffen | Feb 8, 2021 | Opinion
Baptist News Global and Religion News Service reported recently that two white Southern Baptist pastors from Texas called U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris “Jezebel.” This label, long recognized as a racist slur against Black women, was used by Steve Swofford (pastor...
by Wendell Griffen | Feb 4, 2021 | Opinion
White professing Christians are the main obstacle to overcoming white religious nationalism, white supremacy and racial injustice in the United States. This is not a pleasant reality. However, the US would not be in such pathetic shape if white people who claim to be...
by Wendell Griffen | Dec 7, 2020 | Opinion
The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on Dec. 10, 1948, by a vote of 48 to 3 to affirm fundamental beliefs about the dignity and equality of all humans throughout the world. In 30 succinct statements, representatives acknowledged...
