A Meditation on the Murder of Eddie Irizarry

A Meditation on the Murder of Eddie Irizarry

Introduction in the last several blog entries I have been outlining the nature and process of systemic racism. I have sought to make clear that systemic racism is different than what most people think of as racism. We tend to think of racism as a discriminatory or...
Responding to Systemic Racism

Responding to Systemic Racism

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will test and approve what is God’s will – God’s good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12.2, The New International Version) Don’t become so...
Opening Our Eyes to Systemic Racism

Opening Our Eyes to Systemic Racism

    “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then You will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —- God’s good, pleasing and perfect will.” The Apostle Paul Letter to the Romans 12.2  ...
What Has Happened in My Second City?

What Has Happened in My Second City?

Minneapolis –  “The Most Racist City” In January of 1979 I took a graduate seminar on White Racism with the late Dr.  James Tillman and his wife,  Mary Tillman. The Tillman’s were residents of Atlanta, Georgia, but traveled around the country offering seminars...