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November 09, 2016

Afflicted by Racism: America’s Choice is Still Ahead of Us

On November 8, the American electorate chose Donald J. Trump to be our next president,...

October 2016

October 11, 2016

A Message to White America About How to Decide If You’ll See “The Birth of A Nation”

Nate Parker’s 2016 movie, The Birth of a Nation, is based on the life of...

October 06, 2016

Beyond Police Accountability: Building Cultures of Compassion

House Bill 972 After the shooting Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, it took...

October 03, 2016

“Am I A Racist?” Confronting Our Blind Spots with Melvin Bray

The question, “Am I a Racist?” may be harder to answer than it first appears....

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Protest is Essential to Peace

Protest is not antithetical to peace. Protest is essential to peace. The uprising in Charlotte,...

September 19, 2016

Prisons: The Nightmarish Underbelly of the American Dream

Myths disappear their victims, and the myth of American exceptionalism relies on a vast, extensive...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Colin Kaepernick – Football, God, and the American Flag

San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand while the National Anthem played on Friday...

August 22, 2016

Exercises in Empathy: Seeing Humanity Through the Flames

Milwaukee, the shooting of Sylville Smith, uprisings, a toxic, lethal system catching fire… words fail...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

Muhammad Ali: The G.O.A.T., White America, and Islam

Muhammad Ali was a giant. A legend whose persona was larger than life. He is...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Build a Wall! – Tearing Down Barriers at High School

Does the hostile political divide leave you feeling hopeless? I often feel that way, but...

March 2016

March 01, 2016

Donald Trump, Chris Rock, and 21st Century Racism

Will you condemn David Duke and say that you don’t want his vote or that...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

Black History (And How We Teach It) Matters

As February began, I wondered how best to observe Black History Month with my 6-year-old...

February 09, 2016

Thank You, Dr. Hawkins

Dear Dr. Hawkins, As you prepare to leave Wheaton College, I want to extend to...

February 06, 2016

Cam Newton, the Super Bowl, and Racist Stereotypes Against a Black Quarterback

The NFL has made the Super Bowl into a week-long event, starting with “opening night”...

January 2016

January 18, 2016

Martin Luther King, Jr. – Justice, Love, and the New Jim Crow

In 1955, Martin Luther King found himself as the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott,...

December 2015

December 03, 2015

Chicago Police: How Corrupt is the Racist System?

On Tuesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired Chicago’s police superintendent, Gary McCarthy. Somebody had to pay...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

Star Wars, Racism, and Beyond White Fragility

It’s hard for me to wait for December 18! That’s the day that Star Wars:...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

My White Dad and Sandra Bland: On “Assaulting” a Police Officer

“I fixed the problem with your car,” the mechanic told my dad. “You can pick...

July 20, 2015

Dismantling Racism Part, Pt 2: #WhatHappenedToSandraBland

There are uneducated people who are hell-bent on self-extermination. I am not one of them....

July 09, 2015

Black Forgiveness, the Hypocrisy of White America, and Atonement

“I will never talk to her ever again. I will never hold her ever again....

July 03, 2015

Interdependence Day

This guest post is by Lindsey Paris-Lopez, Editor in Chief at the Raven Foundation. I...

July 02, 2015

Hemorrhaging Black Blood: Telling the Truth About Racism and White Privilege

On the same day that we celebrated the Supreme Court decision in favor of marriage...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Dear White People: Why I am Racist and So Are You

Dear White People, For the...

June 16, 2015

Rachel Dolezal, Matt Lauer, and the African American Experience

The Rachel Dolezal story getting more bizarre by the minute. Yesterday we discovered that while...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

How the Warrior Mindset Has Damaged Policing, Children and Youth

One reason Adam and I love having Bob Koehler’s weekly political analysis on the Raven...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Thanksgiving and a Theology of Despair

Are you feeling pressure to be thankful? We are in the midst of the Thanksgiving...

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