whiteness
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On Villains and Heroes
In late September, I was chatting with a work colleague and our conversation meandered to the topic of children and television. Though strict about time limits for screens, I am fairly permissive when it comes to the viewing choices of my elementary… Continue reading
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What Does Jon Snow Know? How to be a Privileged Ally
Along with approximately one hundred million other people, this past weekend I excitedly welcomed Game of Thrones back onto my TV screen. I even made a themed pie: While some have chosen to abstain from watching,[1] those of us tracking… Continue reading
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How Our Theology Keeps Us Racist
How could it be possible for a group of Christians to think twice about collectively condemning white supremacy? Many were asking this question last month as we watched the drama of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention unfold… Continue reading
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Let’s get strategic: White women in resistance to the Trump cultural-political machine
I’m going to go ahead and assume that everyone reading this knows that white women have a historical tendency to live and act in racist ways. It was true when the suffragettes intentionally excluded black women in order to appear… Continue reading
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Blackness and Value; Part 3: On Blackness as Debt
“Credit is a means of privatization and debt a means of socialisation. So long as they pair in the monogamous violence of the home, the pension, the government, or the university, debt can only feed credit, debt can only desire… Continue reading
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Telling Tales: Ferguson and the Church
In recent weeks, many white people have relied on these stories to make sense of and defend themselves against the events in Ferguson and New York. Above all, these stories of white supremacy allow white people to remain undisturbed and… Continue reading
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Blackness and Value; Part 2: On Whiteness as Credit
“The credit economy is a network of contracted servitude. … Whenever one spends money, one spends a portion of the substance, wealth and life of those who have undertaken loans. Yet the value of money is also backed by profitability,… Continue reading
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To My White Nationalist Brothers, Again
Dear Matt Parrot, Let me start by saying clearly that I am saddened by the denial of the eucharist to Matthew Heimbach. I understand why it was done, at least according to the (rightly) limited information made public. But I… Continue reading
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Is George Zimmerman White? (And Does It Matter?)
Everybody agrees that Trayvon Martin was black; but we can’t seem to decide whether George Zimmerman is white. But, even in our purportedly “post-racial” society, Mr. Zimmerman’s racial identity seems to matter a great deal to many. For example, the… Continue reading
