About two years ago I wrote about how the “monsters” of Halloween give people a way to explore their own shadows. I’ve also written several times about various forms of demonization and dehumanization: how some people with power chip away at other people’s humanity by rendering them malevolent and monstrous. But there are other ways […]
Organizing ourselves out of jobs
Faith should open doors, not close them.” –Liz Welch Last fall, I spent a few days in Utah with some of the most engaged social organizers I’ve ever met. As we talked about issues like religious freedom, I couldn’t help but imagine how different the national and international conversation on religious freedom might be if […]
Representation and Invisibility
Tyson asked this question on Real Talk with Bill Maher back in 2011; but he was not the first to ask and I suspect no answers will be forthcoming. Discussing diversity and the relationships between social location, experience, and decision-making perspective seems to be one of the quickest ways to make lots of people uncomfortable. […]
Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
In case you missed it: the PBS tribute to James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket. (Length: 1:25:12) What is it you wanted me to reconcile myself to? I was born here, almost 60 years ago. I’m not going to live another 60 years. You always told me ‘It takes time.’ It’s taken my father’s time, […]
