racism
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The 43rd Anniversary of MLK, Jr.’s Assassination
“Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his native place.” Luke 4:28 It is easy to forget that, at the time of his assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr. was not a beloved figure. He was considered a… Continue reading
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Some various words on the Annunciation
Catholic feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson: “This young peasant girl discerns the voice of God in her life commissioning her to a momentous task. Exercising independent thought and action, she asks questions, takes counsel with her own soul. In a self-determining act… Continue reading
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Demonizing African-American Mothers; Preserving White Space
On Tuesday in an Ohio courtroom, Kelly Williams-Bolar, a mother of two with no criminal record, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on 3 years probation for sending her children to school in a school district in… Continue reading
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“Women’s Work Is Real Work!”
This woman is amazing. Christine Yvette Lewis appeared on The Colbert Show last night to promote the work of an organization called Domestic Workers United, which she describes as “a movement that organizes workers to assert their rights in the… Continue reading
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Breast Cancer and Structural Racism
As Dr. David Ansell of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago explains, black women are significantly more likely than white women to die from breast cancer. The gap is so dramatic that in Chicago, every year, “3,200 black people die… Continue reading
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Will We Be Extremists for Hate or for Love?
“I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that… Continue reading
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A Follow-Up To “Incarceration, Racism, and the Preservation of White Supremacy”
I came across this post by Sara Mayeux, who is guest-blogging for Ta-Nehisi Coates over at The Atlantic. In it she directs our attention to a podcast by two historians of mass incarceration. From this podcast, she excerpts for us… Continue reading
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Incarceration, Racism, and the Preservation of White Supremacy
Today, “the United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South African did at the height of apartheid…In the District of Columbia, [for example,] it is estimated that three out of four young black men (and nearly… Continue reading