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anti-racism, authenticity, pain, racism, UU
Two very personal views on UU anti-racism
06.26.07 | Permalink | 19 Comments

“I am not a racist… and it is not OK to tell me that I am,” says Jamie Goodwin over at Trivium. In fact it is an insult, an attack even, on everything I stand for. While I applaud our work on anti-racism as an organization i find it extremely unfair, and frankly a little […]
racism, sinkford, UU
What I liked about what Sinkford said about racism
06.23.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on What I liked about what Sinkford said about racism

Acknowledging that some of our congregation’s buildings were built with slave trade money. Acknowledging that huge racial diversity just may not be in the cards for us, and that that can be okay if we do other good work. And this: “Many of us thought we were going to solve racism and poverty,” said Sinkford, […]
ableism, disability, failure, ga, racism, UU
Help me to be a noble failure—while I run this race
06.21.07 | Permalink | 13 Comments

This is my first GA. And so my first banner parade and opening shindig. And that’s all the academic throat clearing you get on this one. (This one’s long, so I broke into five bite-sized pieces.) 1. Ending institutional evil as we know it The focus of the evening was three moments in UU social […]
education, race, racism, UU, white-privilege, whiteness
White alliance?
03.04.06 | Permalink | 12 Comments

There’s been something of a buzz lately in the bluugosphere about the recent creation of an anti-racist/anti-oppression (ARAO) organization disastrously named “UU White Allies.”Â Scott Wells has an excellent reflection on the subject, and I encourage everyone to go have a read. My comment there was so long and involved, I decided it needed to […]
race, racism, white, white-privilege
Black people love us!
01.12.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Thanks to Big Al for sending this one in. Black people just love Sally and Johnny—just ask them about it! Testimonials and real photo evidence! And Big Al, I just have to say you are quite the intellectual for a fat man. Very articulate (which means you use your words well). And you sent this […]