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THIS IS AMERICA: BAPTIZED IN WHITENESS

Childish Gambino was right. This is America.

We are all baptized in it. Only some of us are swept away by the

undercurrents of its waters never to come up, drowning in it.

Some of us do come up and still struggle to survive or thrive while wading in…

#SEMINARYWHILEBLACK: ONE YEAR LATER

I feel…

Tired

Cynical

Discouraged

Resisting anger and bitterness for my own well-being

Those are just a few words to describe how I feel a year after participating in a peaceful student protest at the Fuller Theological Seminary baccalaureate ceremony. We left campus that day with a sense of having made a collective statement as…

WHEN BLACK BEING/BODIES AREN’T SEEN

Every time there is a national or local debate where the central issue is race the conversation is predictable. Black people frustratingly make the case that racism is alive in our society and is a necessary part of the dialogue. White people and some non-white (even some black folks) dismiss…