Race and the President

Below  is a clear example of how (a representative  voice ) blacks, latinos, and whites see America and interpret cultural issues that impact all Americans.
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Race and the President

Very Dissappointed!

I’m very dissappointed that J. Kameron  Carter’s book, Race: A Theological Account,  received little attention in the Christian media and the academic guild, respectively. I was more stunned that the book did not receive any academic award.  Race: A Theological Account was not  even mentioned by Christianity Today. Please correct me if I’m wrong. I’ll [...]

A Diverse — and Divided — Black Community

A Diverse — and Divided — Black Community
As Foreign-Born Population Grows, Nationality Trumps Skin Color
By Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 24, 2002; Page A01
NEW YORK — Nearly two decades have passed since Odehyee Abena Owiredua arrived here from Ghana, yet she can’t truly say she has lived the black American experience.
She once rented [...]

Race, class and opportunity

Race, class and opportunity: Part 1
Race, class and opportunity Pt.2
Race, class and opportunity Pt.3
Race, class and opportunity Pt.4

Christianity Must Be Defended: A Post-Racial and Post-Eurocentric Christianity Is Needed (Part I)

Christianity Must Be Defended: A Post-Racial and Post-Eurocentric Christianity Is Needed (Part I)
Since its inception Western civilization has claimed for itself the Christian religion. As a matter of tradition, to talk about the Christian faith is/was to articulate Western values and way of life. Or simply Western Civilization = Christendom. In the times of colonialism [...]

La Pensée du Jour

Christ’s flesh, which is Jewish covenantal flesh, is a taxis, a material arrangement of freedom that discloses the historical transcendence of God. –J. Kameron Carter, Race: A Theological Account, 8.
Christ’s covenantal Jewish flesh is a contested body of freedom and a space for human suffering .—unknown

J. Kameron Carter Lectures on “Race, Identity, and The Darker Side of Christianity”

Click on the title”Race, Identity, and The Darker Side of Christianity“  you’ll be directed to the site to listen to Carter’s lecture.

David Horstkoetter Interviews Cornell West

David Horstkoetter at flying. farther recently interviewed Prof. Cornell West  (not our own Jim West) of Princeton University. Dr. West is named ”one of the foremost black American scholars and intellectuals of the late 20th century and new millennium.”  His most celebrated works include Race Matters,  Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism, and most recently he published Hope [...]

J. Kameron Carter’s Lecture on “Language and the Theological Roots of Scientific Classification: Jose de Acosta and the Production of Modernity’s Racial Imagination”

Source: flyingfarther

Michael Jackson, An Incredible Human Being!

Michael Jackson was the kind of man who transcended the color line with his music. He connected with  people of different ethnicity and culture . A few people have the capacity to do that.
Michael was a  reconciler through his music. His music demonstrates the artist’s  tolerance for diversity and differences.  He was indeed an  Incredible human being. May [...]