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To My White Children: Here Are 20 Things I Want You to Remember About Race
1. Jesus didn’t share your skin color. 2. The color of someone’s skin doesn’t say anything about the color of their heart. 3. “White” is not synonymous with “right,” “good,” “safe,” or “better.” 4....
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A Letter to My Black Son – Love, Your White Mama.
My Baby Boy, You don’t see it now, because you don’t see color. But someday you will. Someday you will look around at the kids in your class and your friends at church, and you will realize that you...
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To the White Parents of My Black Son’s Friends
I’ve been wrestling with talking to you about some things I think you need to know. I’ve wrestled with it because I feel my own sense of shame– shame that I didn’t know or understand these issues...
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A Letter to My Black Son—With Love From Your White Mama
My Baby Boy, You don’t see it now, because you don’t see color. But someday you will. Someday you will look around at the kids in your class and your friends at church, and you will realize that you...
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What My Mixed Marriage Taught Me About Color, Beauty and the Power of Change
It happened when the four of us were running errands together. “We’re white!” my three-year-old son exclaimed from the back seat of the car. Unspoken words passed between my husband and me: Did he...
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Why Christian Parenting Includes Talking to Your Kids About Race
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”a This verse is a favorite among those of us who are raising our children in the Christian faith. We care so...
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I’m Bringing Color Back—7 Ways to Fight Racism By Teaching Kids to See Color
I accidentally freaked out some of my white friends when I shared the article 7 Reasons Why ‘Colorblindness’ Contributes to Racism Instead of Solves It by Jon Greenberg on our Facebook page. I heard...
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Your Children See Color—and It’s Beautiful! Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be...
I accidentally freaked out some of my white friends when I shared the article 7 Reasons Why ‘Colorblindness’ Contributes to Racism Instead of Solves It by Jon Greenberg on our Facebook page. I heard...
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I’m a White Mom of 5 Black Kids. And I Want to Say Something About Alton...
I am a white momma raising five black children. Three of them are black boys. They are beautiful, bright, kind, and absolutely precious to me. They are little now and most people find them darling....
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I’m a White Mom of 3 Black Boys— And I’m Scared For Them to Become Black Men
I am a white momma raising five black children. Three of them are black boys. They are beautiful, bright, kind, and absolutely precious to me. They are little now and most people find them darling....
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I’m a White Mom of 4 Black Kids. I’m Angry About Racial Injustice—and I Don’t...
I woke up this morning to the news of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. I read the articles and I watched the videos and my guts twisted up while I drank my coffee. I felt myself becoming...
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“Because It Doesn’t Happen to Me” Doesn’t Mean We Can Remain Silent
Do you ever wake up with a heavy heart? When nothing in your immediate world has changed yet you feel a weighted blanket lies over you when your eyes open in the morning? That your shoulders and arms...
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Her Kids Begged Her Not to, But This Black Mom Had Something to Say to a...
After the major tragedies last week in our country—the shooting of two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, in two different states by police, and then the gunning down of five Dallas police...
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I Thought I Was Prepared to Marry a Black Man, But I Had NO Idea
It was a little over two and a half years ago, right before I was about to be married that I was asked the question, “Are you prepared for what you and your family will experience seeing as how you are...
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10 Reasons I Don’t Want to Be Your White Ally
(Editor’s note: this article was written before the murder of give Dallas police officers on July 7, 2016 in response to the shooting of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police.) The news of...
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Why I’m a Racist
I am a white American male. I’m married to a beautiful blond-haired green-eyed woman and have two amazing blond-haired blue-eyed boys. I was a blond-haired blue-eyed child who grew up in suburban New...
View Article‘The Hate You Give’ — Movie Offers Christians a Lesson About Race, Shame &...
Nearing the end of his introduction to the film, Tilllman challenges his viewers: After experiencing The Hate You Give, might you be changed? The post ‘The Hate You Give’ — Movie Offers Christians a...
View ArticleI’m White, And I Married the Son of a Civil Rights Icon — This Is What I...
I was just a white girl from Oregon who knew nothing of "race relations"—until I met James Meredith. The post I’m White, And I Married the Son of a Civil Rights Icon — This Is What I Discovered About...
View ArticleWhy It Matters That the New Little Mermaid Is Black
I had a discussion with a friend about how excited I was for my daughter to see the upcoming Little Mermaid movie because Ariel would look like her. The post Why It Matters That the New Little Mermaid...
View ArticleForgiveness Is A Gift. Don’t Turn It Into A Weapon.
Experience has taught me to be wary of those who trumpet black forgiveness without advocating for black people. The post Forgiveness Is A Gift. Don’t Turn It Into A Weapon. appeared first on For Every...
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