Category: Race and Racism
June 19, 2026
Introduction This article established the federal and national holiday Juneteenth as a symbolic reminder of the need for and nature of governmental involvement in equity. In June 1865 it took the military to ensure slaves in Texas knew they were...
June 14, 2026
This article deals with why Christians should push equity even though the nation’s DEI Program was flawed. It deals with the matter from both the Black Christian and Black Christian perspectives. It deals with my own personal experience with racial...
June 13, 2026
In Matthew 15:24 Jesus our Lord (Matthew 28:18) and Saviour (John 3:14-16) speaks of him first focusing on his biological nationality. In Matthew 28:16-20 and Acts 1:8, Jesus dramatically expands his focus through his apostles to include those of all...
October 31, 2025
The word reparations within the context of racial injustice has the sense of repairing a wrong, hence, the similarity of the words repair and reparations. The reparation debate remains polarized, with reparations framed as restorative justice by supporters and divisive...
October 29, 2025
Sometimes pain comes from the thought of cruelty and/or injustice perpetuated by someone upon a family member or another to whom one has strong connection. This is the case concerning historical slavery and racism and any present-day racism. American slavery...
October 6, 2025
On a Facebook Page in October 2025 I saw a post with the following which I screenshotted: I wrote a comment on the post that said: The video clip I mentioned is from the Total Life Christian Missionary Baptist Church...
September 23, 2023
Statistics show that there is still a great discrepancy proportionally between minorities and the majority race-wise. There is a great need for greater statistical accuracy and confidence in the data to ensure any reported increases or decreases are not a...
July 30, 2021
National Review: On the Religious and Racial Divide Baylor: Religion and the Paradox of Racial Inequality Attitudes NIH: Religious Involvement and Racial Disparaties in Drug and Alcohol Usage Univ of Minnesota: Religious influences on understandings of racial inequality in the...
July 30, 2021
For me the key push back against Critical Race Theory (CRT) has to do with (1) whether white folks alive today should feel any guilt for what their ancestors may or may not have done and (2) whether CRT should...
July 30, 2021
Census: Households by Total Money Income, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder Census: Race and Economic Opportunity The Federal Reserve: Survey of Consumer Finance (SCF) The Federal Reserve: Disparities in Wealth by Race and Ethnicity in the 2019 Survey of...
May 28, 2020
The cases of Arbery and Floyd reminds me of the principle of stereotyping as one of and most likely the root cause of problematic interaction between law enforcement and the minority community and the larger issue of racism. I certainly...
November 14, 2018
The US Congress (House of Representatives and Senate) has passed the H.R. 1242 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act and President Trump signed it into law on 1/8/2018. Information on the act may be found at congress.gov. The PDF version...
