I have no doubt that implicit racial biases live within me. To some extent, it seems unavoidable. What is not unavoidable, however, is whether or not I succumb to the role of one or many of the “white ally” tropes.
Read MoreIf you’re like me, you may have grown up thinking white supremacy meant the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) and other extremist racist groups that took extreme action including acts of physical violence (e.g. lynchings) to ensure white people maintained power. While this is a subsection of white supremacy, it is an incomplete view of it.
Read MoreImagine you’re playing Monopoly, and your objective is to go around the board 400 times. That’s a crazy long game of monopoly, right? But in this game of Monopoly, everyone else is given the typical starting money to play the game and you are not.
Read MoreAs Christians, our calling and work must be rooted in biblical understandings, which shape what we do and how we do it. The following is a theological overview to guide our work with migrants and displaced peoples.
Read MoreWe live in a world in which mainstream values, devoid of a love ethic, have led us down a spiraling staircase to our own destruction.
Read MoreWithout the past, there can be no justice. Without the present, our values are simply something on paper. Without the future, our decision-making power is greatly limited.
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