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Tag: Race
Episcopal Church making uneven progress in repenting of racism
Last night at St. Philip’s Cathedral, Episcopalians in the Diocese of Atlanta attended a service of repentance and reconciliation in response to the sin of
St Louis parents and teachers talk about race with kids
Leslie Scoopmire, seminarian and contributor to Episcopal Café and Danielle (Elle) Dowd, youth missioner for the Diocese of Missouri share how they discuss race with
VTS student, with ‘nothing but time,’ travels to Ferguson
Broderick Greer, a student at Virginia Theological Seminary student, traveled to Ferguson, Mo., in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown. He writes
“Reconciliation is what we practice after we have chosen justice.”
The meaning of the word reconciliation, as the word is frequently used in church circles, has always made me uneasy for reasons I couldn’t define
Explaining racism
Dr. Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Associate Professor of Psychology at Stanford, conducts important research on race and explains how racism works.
St. Mark’s in Maryland acknowledges its historical links to slavery
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Lappans, Maryland, dedicated two markers this past week. According to the rector, the church was founded in 1849 by slaveholding
What a VTS student heard in Ferguson
Broderick Greer, a student at Virginia Theological Seminary, visited Ferguson, Missouri, recently during the protests that followed the killing of Mike Brown, an unarmed black
Living in another’s skin and our own
Ericka Hines has some excellent insights about biases and privileges, with suggestions about how we can learn to recognize and combat them. Tobias Haller reflects on what his experience of privilege teaches him.
12 Ways to be a White Ally to Black People
Wondering what you as a white person can do to change the racism in the U.S.”