Tag Archives: Diversity Training

The Wokeness Problem – Part 1

There’s just too many f-bombs, b’s, and mf’s and such in comedy these days that it’s hard to use much of it in so-called polite company.  Still, I wish I could.  Bill Burr, Jo Koy, Dave Chappelle, and Richard Pryor, … Continue reading

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The Cross and the Lynching Tree

The Video below* shows about 8 minutes of what I consider one of the most powerful sermon talks ever: James H. Cone’s meditation joining the brutal death of Jesus on the cross to the brutal deaths of nearly 3500 Blacks … Continue reading

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Does It Matter If I’m a Racist?

This is the LEAD POST in a series based on the workshop BECOMING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY: TALKING ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA.  It was developed by a committee of United Methodist lay and clergy persons from the Northern Illinois Conference.  See … Continue reading

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