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July 2015

July 27, 2015

No, the African American Womb Is Not More Dangerous Today than during Slavery

This entire conversation ignores the fact that it is absurd to compare abortion and child...

July 14, 2015

Doug Wilson: Have His Views on Slavery Changed?

As bad as was Southern Slavery As It Was, I've been almost more shocked by...

July 08, 2015

Doug Wilson: Slavery As It Was

I wrote yesterday about Doug Wilson's statement that supporting marriage equality is a worse sin...

July 07, 2015

Doug Wilson: Supporting Marriage Equality Is a “Far More Serious” Problem Than Supporting Slavery

It might be worth reminding readers that Wilson has a long history of referring to...

July 02, 2015

Talking to Kids about the News

I suppose, in the end, that it's not just about making sure Sally is aware...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

The Charleston Shooting and Christian Persecution

I had assumed conservatives would admit that the shooter was motivated by racism but argue...

June 23, 2015

Now Let’s Talk about Rachel Dolezal

Late last week Homeschoolers Anonymous pulled its posts on Rachel Dolezal out of concern that...

June 17, 2015

Let’s Talk about Rachel Dolezal’s Parents

And perhaps that's what's bothering me about this story. Rachel's parents have been paraded and...

May 2015

May 05, 2015

Let’s Talk about Riots

I thought I was going to come to the end of this piece with some...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

The Real Travesty of the “Hero Mom” Story

I don't have a lot of time at the moment, but I did want to...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

Red Brown Yellow, Black and White: Evangelicals and Race

I grew up in a white evangelical home, hearing of missions and of spiritual equality....

December 11, 2014

Evangelicals of the Gospel Coalition Respond to Ferguson

Last month Thabiti Anyabwile wrote a blog post titled The Ferguson Grand Jury Has Given...

December 08, 2014

Whitesplaining Racial Disparities in STEM Fields

I've seen enough of this that appeals to "reason" or "rational thought" are starting to...

December 07, 2014

Racism Is (Not) Dead

I got to the point over Thanksgiving break where I was so fed up with...

December 06, 2014

The Holiday Season

So we have arrived, once again, in Christmas Month. Oh, I'm sorry, I meant December....

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Homeschooling and Race

But enough about me. I'm writing this post to call attention to a Homeschoolers Anonymous...

November 26, 2014

Missouri Musings

There was a time I thought like my father, and like my uncle. Like them,...

November 17, 2014

On Race, Gender, and Being “Unbiased”

We need to lay aside this common idea that men are somehow neutral or unbiased...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

John Crawford III Denied Justice

I have to admit to feeling a bit sick. I just saw two things in...

September 19, 2014

Adrian Peterson and Black Parenting

Several of my commenters have pointed out that there's a racial dimension important in understanding...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

The Militarization of American Police

It would seem that as the U.S. is growing safer, our police are bulking up...

August 18, 2014

Some Readers’ Experiences with Race and Police

When I posted last week about white privilege and the Mike Brown story, I was...

August 17, 2014

What’s a Death Sentence in the Grand Old USA?

Some weeks ago I read an article about a man who shot a home invader...

August 13, 2014

Educating My White Privilege

I started this post some time ago, but recent events have made me feel that...

August 28, 2013

The Lesson of the 2013 MTV VMAs: Being Sexual While Female Is Worse Than Being Rapey or Racist

So. Miley Cyrus. It seems she sang a song at the 2013 MTV VMAs. Mostly...

August 27, 2013

Problematizing “Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage”

I hope that women of color were left out of "Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage" on...

August 12, 2013

Race, Feminism, and #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen on Twitter

One thing I write very little about here on the blog is race. Maybe this...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

George Zimmerman and Race in America

I was raised in a family where we "didn't see race." This was the world...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Doug Wilson’s Race Problem

There's one thing I'm fairly certain of---Wilson's continual attempts to dig himself out of the...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Is Creationism Racist?

I grew up reading copious amounts of literature from Answers in Genesis and attending conferences...