My anti-racist friends tell me I just don’t understand, or recognize, the systemic nature of racism. But no culture lives under just one system.
Author: melhpine
I’ve been called a religious omnivore, but I call myself a Jewish Buddhist Unitarian Universalist Contrarian — Jewish by birth and early culture, Buddhist by calling, Unitarian Universalist by spiritual community, and Contrarian by temperament. I am a lay preacher in UU churches, a leader of Buddhist meditation groups, and a storyteller my Jewish ancestors would be proud of. The more I write, the more I feel that my mission is to help the many who seek spiritual wholeness but don’t feel at home with an imposed dogma. So expect an eclectic mix from my blog that I hope you will find interesting and helpful on whatever path you are taking. May the words I need to say be those you need to hear.
Atonement as Activism – The American Interest
John McWhorter: Today’s consciousness-raising on race is less about helping black people than it is about white people seeking grace.
Junot Díaz: Condemn the Writer, Not the Writing | National Review
What about you? Who is the troubled, flawed or despicable individual whose artistics achievements you admire?
Opinion | The Real Villain Behind Our New Gilded Age; New York Times
Adam Smith pointed out that the easiest way for businesses to earn profits is not by slashing costs and innovating but by agreeing among themselves not to compete
Opinion | The History of White Power; New York Times
Rather than focus on the 50,000 or so active hard-core racists truly responsible for horrible acts, we spend our our emotional anergy on that white guilt we seem to enjoy.
Video Sermon: Rev. Kate Braestrup
Video: Rev Kate Braestrup preaches at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa about frogs and being born again.
