Category: Civil Rights

  • History Is Not a Competition

    History Is Not a Competition

    Trying to Win History Is a Lost Cause “To study history means submitting yourself to chaos, but nevertheless retaining your faith in order and meaning.” Herman Hesse, German writer and poet (1877-1962) True History is Full of Histories As some of us continue to honor what used to be known as Black History Month across…

  • Does Jesus’ Skin Color Matter?

    Does Jesus’ Skin Color Matter?

    So, I watched this YouTube video where this Conservative Christian Black dude was trying to call out the hosts of the View for bringing up to the star of The Chosen—a series about the ministries of Jesus and the Disciples—that they were appreciative that in the show Jesus Christ was not blonde haired and blue…

  • History is Not a Competition

    History is Not a Competition

    We are often led to believe that everything in our society is a competition. But some things aren’t. And history is one of them.