I woke up this morning to racism making the news… again.  In one instance,  a white woman felt her life was being threatened by a black man who asked her to leash her dog while he was birdwatching in New York’s Central Park.  When she refused and said she was calling the police, he filmed … Continue reading Episode 86: The Color of Compromise – “The Fierce Urgency of Now.”

On July 18, 2013, President Obama gave a press conference in response to the recent hearing about the shooting death of Travon Martin, an unarmed black teenager walking alone in a neighborhood by the civilian George Zimmerman – an act deemed legal by the courts under Florida’s now-infamous “stand your ground” law. The population of … Continue reading Episode 85: Joy Bonnema, John Williams & Albert Tate – “Addressing Racism in the Church.”

On July 18, 2013, President Obama gave a press conference in response to the recent hearing about the shooting death of Travon Martin, an unarmed black teenager walking alone in a neighborhood by the civilian George Zimmerman – an act deemed legal by the courts under Florida’s now-infamous “stand your ground” law. The population of … Continue reading Episode 85: Joy Bonnema, John Williams & Albert Tate – “Addressing Racism in the Church.”

This moment in history is densely riddled with the bullet-holes of racism. In the late 20th Century, many churches became interested in striving to become more racially mixed, a movement prominently led by the evangelical Promise Keepers gathering of the 1990’s. In the early 20th America elected its first black president, and at that moment, … Continue reading Episode 84: The Color of Compromise – “Racial Reconciliation & Black Lives Matter.”

This moment in history is densely riddled with the bullet-holes of racism. In the late 20th Century, many churches became interested in striving to become more racially mixed, a movement prominently led by the evangelical Promise Keepers gathering of the 1990’s. In the early 20th America elected its first black president, and at that moment, … Continue reading Episode 84: The Color of Compromise – “Racial Reconciliation & Black Lives Matter.”

This episode of the podcast was recorded following the surfacing of video footage depicting the shooting of another unarmed black man in America. By now most of you listening in real time would have heard of the case of Ahmed Arbery. For those listeners who are finding this recording while listening to the Antioch Podcast’s … Continue reading Episode 83: The Color of Compromise – “The Rise of the Religious Right.”

This episode of the podcast was recorded following the surfacing of video footage depicting the shooting of another unarmed black man in America. By now most of you listening in real time would have heard of the case of Ahmed Arbery. For those listeners who are finding this recording while listening to the Antioch Podcast’s … Continue reading Episode 83: The Color of Compromise – “The Rise of the Religious Right.”

The Antioch Team is resuming our book study in this episode, this time discussing Chapter 8 in Jemar Tisby’s book The Color of Compromise. This chapter focusses on how both the black and white churches responded to the progressive messages of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the notably more moderate messages on race that … Continue reading Episode 82: The Color of Compromise – “A Moderate Response to the Sin of Racism.”

The Antioch Team is resuming our book study in this episode, this time discussing Chapter 8 in Jemar Tisby’s book The Color of Compromise. This chapter focusses on how both the black and white churches responded to the progressive messages of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the notably more moderate messages on race that … Continue reading Episode 82: The Color of Compromise – “A Moderate Response to the Sin of Racism.”

Every person born into the system of racialization in the United States develops internalized racism. Some are more aware of this than others, but every American has a form of internalized racism. If that sounds shocking, try to think of racism as an infection. Thinking of racism as an infection, our individual racialized internalizations would … Continue reading Episode 81: John Williams – “Understanding Internalized Racism.”