“The diet industry is built upon an ideology of racial, as well as gender, prejudice.20”
― Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths
― Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths
“For most evangelicals, revelation was found in the inerrant scriptures, and one need not look elsewhere. I knew in my gut that God's revelation was found among poor black people.”
― Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian
― Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian
“Even though Jesus took on flesh for my sake, whiteness prevents me from knowing how to live in my own skin.”
― Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
― Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
“Clearly there is no moral obligation to write in any particular way. But there is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.”
― There Was a Country: A Memoir
― There Was a Country: A Memoir
“Whiteness estranges a person from the gift of living in community, with the capacity to connect with oneself, others, and the divine. White supremacy is a form of self-exile from one’s humanity, God, and other human beings.”
― Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race
― Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race
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