Our churches, our communities, and our organizations need institutional humility as much as any of us as individuals need humility; and our churches, communities, and organizations must support strong Black identity as much or more…
We need a way to justice, equality, but when white people try to “DO” the right thing, we take over. When white people try to just “BE”, we hardly ever change enough to make a…
The violence of White Supremacy continues on brazen public display… Leaders of government, of communities, of religious institutions are fanning the flames of racial discord. But with violence being brought to light and white people…
The Road to Nineveh: Episode 4 – History
- March 16, 2019
- Tagged as: church history, history, white supremacy
Our history is messy and broken. It is painful and traumatic. How do we learn, confront, remember, deal-with, integrate, and overcome our history? How can our history inform our faith and help keep us in…
I’m afraid. I’m afraid of failing my Black sisters and brothers. I still want to do the “right thing” but I keep living my life out of the socialized White Supremacy I’ve been taught. How…
The Road to Nineveh: Episode 3 – Centering Whiteness
- March 15, 2019
- Tagged as: Black Voices, Centering Whiteness, whiteness
How do we maintain and retain power in whiteness in the Church? How do we dethrone the standards of whiteness as the measure by which all other experiences are judged? What will it take to…
Can a Black man tell the White Church anything that we’ll hear? What scares the the White Church about Black Power? How do our socialized “progressive” views of power, neediness, charity, and race interfere with…
The Road to Nineveh: Episode 1 – White Comfort
- March 15, 2019
- Tagged as: Road to Nineveh, Whit Comfort, White Fragility
How do we make the shift from a calculus of White Comfort? If comfort means “with strength,” then how do we send people forth in the strength of the Gospel to become Beloved Community? How…
White Fragility: Robin DiAngelo on White Liberals Protecting Racism
- May 22, 2018
- Tagged as: Nigger-Gate
White fragility… The knee-jerk reaction Whites get in momentary racially stressful situations. Some people might want to deny the existence of White fragility, but if you take time to hear it – you’ll begin to…
Allies or Frenemies: The Twisted Power Cravings of White Liberals
- May 8, 2018
- Tagged as: Nigger-Gate
White Liberals are often assumed to be allies to the struggle for equal rights and justice. They are supposed to be the friends of People of Color…the only ones we can trust. But does that…
Podcast Reviews
- Kudos to Fr. Ballentine, Fr. Ramey, & Dr. DiAngelo
June 1, 2018 by trying2dobetter from United StatesEach of the Racial Heresy podcasts that I’ve listened to so far has been helpful, and this interview with the author of “White Fragility” is especially valuable — covering a lot of ground and giving practical pointers to ways of recognizing and then overcoming the racism / white supremacy that is as much a part of US history and culture as the Constitution.
- Amen!March 31, 2017 by I❤BCP from United States
Powerful conversation and ministry!! These are the kind of conversations that we need to be having in our lives!
- Intelligent DiscussionAugust 31, 2016 by Ipod RN from United States
This podcast has made me look at race in a way I never have before.