by Austin Suter
There’s been a lot of press recently about the different ways coronavirus has impacted various ethnic communities. We’ve already written that the virus doesn’t care who you are–it infects all without prejudice. However, as more data comes in, what happens after you’re...
by Allison van der Walt
Six years ago, a little black boy rocked my white world. This short article is to help us all in Remembering God’s Grace in Transracial Adoption. My husband and I wished to welcome a second child into our family by adoption, and by God’s design, our newest child...
by Alicia Akins
I came late to loving my skin. I was the fairest-skinned in my family and they teased that if I stayed outside for too long, I’d become as dark as they were and never fade. So I avoided sunlight. I’d bought into colorism—the idea that the lighter your skin the better....
by Austin Suter
In part one of this series, Should I Read Books by Slaveholders?, Isaac wrote about processing the failings of our historical heroes. This piece takes a step further back to ask whether or not we should be reading or revering people in the first place if we know them...
by Nylse Esahc
I always say I recognized race and that I was black when I came to New York in 1978. For the first twelve years of my life, I lived in the Bahamas. We were a large family doing OK for ourselves. We could hire someone to do the cleaning and look down our noses on...
by Zach Schlegel
I didn’t know what to expect when I picked up Isabel Wilkerson’s book: The Warmth of Other Suns this past winter, but it proved a book I couldn’t put down. The Warmth of Other Suns tells the story of over 6 million African Americans who moved North between 1915 and...
