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Oluwatomisin Oredein: We need to talk about white belief
If our efforts toward racial reconciliation in the United States are rooted in white belief, they will serve only to erase difference and center whiteness, says a professor.
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Jennifer Harvey: Dismantling racism requires knowing our history
In the second edition of her book, the author of “Dear White Christians” reiterates that listening and responding to calls for reparations precedes the possibility of reconciliation.
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Angie Hong: Finding examples in the fight for justice
Finding an Asian American in the International Civil Rights Museum reminds us that we all have a part to play in tearing down injustice, says a worship leader.
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Mycal X. Brickhouse: Becoming a nation of better neighbors starts with equality
Before we reach for unity, we must first stop being bad neighbors, says a pastor.
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Anthea Butler: In a season of reckonings, forgiveness is not forgetting
As the toll of twin pandemics continues to mount and a divisive election looms, true absolution requires more than just words, writes an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Errin Haines: Called to be a voice of clarity
The editor-at-large of The 19th*, a newly launched national magazine about gender, politics and policy, speaks about her faith and her call to be a journalist.
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Korie Little Edwards: Multiracial churches don't challenge racism until they challenge white supremacy
Diversity doesn’t necessarily challenge racism, says a sociologist who studies multicultural churches.
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Alaina Kleinbeck: Learning about reparations makes clear their need
For newcomers to the call for reparations, understanding the need to move beyond atonement to restitution is a crucial step, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Luke A. Powery: Brutalizing Black bodies is an assault against God
The torture inflicted on Black people dates back to enslavement and continues to this day as a denial of their humanity, writes the dean of Duke Chapel.
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Kelly Ryan: Baptism as sacramentally, essentially anti-racist
The promises made through baptism must reflect Christians’ commitment to justice and peace for all people, writes the director of the Thriving Congregations Coordination Program at Duke Divinity.