Earlier, we covered allegations of racism by multiple persons at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), including a student and a former instructor. The instructor, a minority, had requested nominal downtime following the challenges of the pandemic and to deal with the trauma of the continuing microaggressions minorities typically experience in the
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Are you a moderate? If so, read MLK’s letter from the Birmingham jail
It will soon be 60 years since the Rev. Martin Luther KIng, Jr., penned his famous letter from the Birmingham jail. In it, he decried the role of white “moderates” in perpetuating racism, and sent it to two Episcopal bishops. That begs the question: Is your “moderate” Episcopal parish part of the problem? Are you part of the problem?
These are meaningful questions to ask this Lent.
Continue readingEpiscopal bishops get an F on racism at Sewanee
Following a series of racist incidents at Sewanee, a school owned by the Episcopal church, there was a lot of talk about ending racism. But at the end of the day, that is all we have seen on the matter — talk. And the Episcopal church remains clueless on race.
Continue readingThe Episcopal church and race: Looking at larger lessons
Not long ago, the Episcopal church launched an audit of race and racial reconciliation in the church. The resulting report was damning, utterly expected, and something the church desperately needed to hear. And while the church, in true TEC fashion, lumbers along in sharing the remarkably unremarkable results, it misses
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