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to what end
The church must not only be a
safe place to talk about race, it
must also be a place where the
complex beauty of the created
is yearned for and made real.
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We must not only confront
and examine race and
racism, but we must embrace
the idea that we each get
there differently.
So what?
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As with most difficult conversations, our initial
reaction is to find ways not to have them well.
la, la, la, i can’t hear you
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“It is appalling that the most
segregated hour of Christian
America is eleven o'clock on
Sunday morning.”
we derail
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We are patronizing and
condescending towards
newly realized justice seekers
-- often in order to hold onto
power and status.
we demean
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awkward conversations
Privilege allows us choose to avoid having
conversations about race.
Awkward conversations about race only
get less awkward by having them.
We miss out on the possibilities that may
be on the other side of the tensions.
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microagressions
“Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace
daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities,
whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate
hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults
towards people of color.”
- Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life