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Category Archives: Race Relations
“WOKE”: TO BE OR NOT TO BE
When I first entered the teaching profession, I was relegated to instructing introductory courses in religious studies. One of them was called, “Religion in America.” During the 16-week semester course, I spent one week on African American religious expression. Very few scholars in … Continue reading
The Father of Black History
Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950), the son of enslaved parents, was unable to attend high school until he was a few months’ shy of his twentieth birthday in 1895. He was forced to work hard labor for many years prior to enrolment at … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Race Relations, Social Ethics
Tagged Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Berea College, Black Health and Wellness, Black History Month, Carter G Woodson, Christian Churches, Coronavirus, Frederick Douglass, Harvard University, Howard University, Journal of Negro History, NAACP, Omega Psi Phi, The Mis-Education of the Negro, University of Chicago, W E B Du Bois
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Prince of Peace & Father of Mindfulness
With the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr., had to determine what direction he was subsequently to pursue. After all, the previous year, he was able to celebrate the enactment of the accommodations bill; the … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Poverty, Race Relations, War & Peace
Tagged Bodhisattva, Buddhism, Fellowship of Reconciliaton, Gandhi, human-rights, Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Mindfulness, nonviolence, Poverty, Pres. Lyndon Johnson, Racial discrimination, Ramparts magazine, Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022), Vietnam War, War on Poverty
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KING’S “REVOLUTION OF VALUES”
At the end of the classic Civil Rights Movement that fought for desegregation in public accommodations and safeguarding the right to vote, Martin Luther King, Jr., began to focus on the plight of northern cities. The issues there were manifold: … Continue reading
What Must Be Sacrificed?
My friend and colleague, Thomas L. Kessler, has written a piece as a guest contributor to my blog. This post marks the first time I have invited another individual to offer remarks and commentary concerning contemporary ethical matters. Kessler’s article … Continue reading
The Supremacy of Sacrifice
In 1982, as I was finishing my final courses for the master of divinity degree at Yale University, I wrote an op-ed piece for Newsweek’s “My Turn” column. I had the belief that the editors would look favorably upon a … Continue reading
Posted in Race Relations, Social Ethics
Tagged #MAGA, James Baldwin, Manning Marable, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Eric Dyson, Newsweek, Race Relations, Sacrifice, Structural Racism, Systemic Racism, Tears We Cannot Stop, Tim Wise, W. E. B. Du Bois, White Privilege, white racism, white supremacy
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