Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
Many with ties to the Civil Rights movement will recall the racist rhetoric used by white Southerners to denounce efforts to promote integration. This rhetoric includes arguments about states’ rights, “massive resistance,” and the dog whistles accompanying these efforts. And leading the pack when it comes to dog whistles is
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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.
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Recently, Amy Haynie, the editor of Episcopal Cafe, promised in a post that if readers provide feedback, they will get a response. That is simply not true, as I have written Amy privately with my concerns about the publication, and have sent both comments and an op-ed to her, only
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The Episcopal Church, which has said it is working to effect racial reconciliation, just provided a shocking and outrageous example of just how clueless it is. Here is the link. In a letter from the bishops of the Sewanee province condemning recurring incidents of racism at Sewanee, an Episcopal college
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