Getting Race Right

A project of Prof. Charles Green and Race in America students at Hope College. 'Racial justice is the path to racial progress.'

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@danieleleven32 Thank you very much. My apologies for missing the link . . . !

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@danieleleven32 This is terrific. Can you share the citation, please? I have Vol. 1 of "The Works," but the page numbers don't line up with yours. A different volume perhaps? Thank you.

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@SarahDnycity I look forward to watching it--thanks!

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What I wish I'd said to the guy who was unhappy about renaming army bases named for Confederate soldiers . . .

https://t.co/nALqO4stpN

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A tragedy has taken place on our land, and even though it did not take place on our watch, we are its inheritors, and the earth remembers.”
--- Kent Nerburn, Neither Wolf nor Dog

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“I have never met an Indian person who didn’t somewhere deep inside struggle with anger and sadness at what has happened to their people,

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We can like each other, hate each other, feel pity for each other, love each other. But always, somewhere beneath the surface of our personal encounters, this cultural memory is rumbling.

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"So that only they themselves can belong."

Thank you, Kate.

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@CHShumanists @ndrewwhitehead @threadreaderapp Thanks! @threadreaderapp unroll

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Brilliant.

[Lewis Katz School of Medicine @katztemplemed]

In selecting #TempleMed's Class of 2026, Katz School of Medicine for the first time included the perspectives of North Philadelphia community members, who interviewed each of the prospective #medstudents and had a say in the committee’s decisions.

https://t.co/Z2Bn7m85lp

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

That's the definition of racism actually.

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After all, Jesus taught us to pray, "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

[Danté Stewart (Stew) @stewartdantec]

We have to dismantle theologies that believe in freedom and love in heaven but tolerate injustice and oppression on earth.

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"Black people are facing the double terror of racist policy and racist violence." --@DrIbram

What @MichaelEDyson called "racial terror, fast and slow."
https://t.co/yPv0Pa3jcL

[Vijay Ramjattan @Vijay_Ramjattan]

The only way to teach apolitically is to stop teaching.

[ᴺᵃᶻᵃʳᵉⁿᵉˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᴾᵉᵃᶜᵉ 🕊️ @Nazarenes4Peace]

How poverty is criminalized

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Nope. You can't invite people to come to your place and then assume that because you're nice (most of the time) and well-intentioned (to an extent) all will be well.

[Lisa Richardson MD @RicharLisa]

I spoke during two events last week about how recruiting students who are currently underrepresented to programs is not just about the entrance pathway. It’s about creating learning environments that are culturally safe and anti-racist and trauma-informed. Both need to happen.

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For most white Americans the American Revolution was the first link in a chain of hope. For most black Americans the American Revolution was the last link in a chain of betrayal."

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Another excellent excerpt from The Shaping of Black America by Lerone Bennett, Jr.:

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"Both black and white Americans, the American Revolution marked a crucial turning of the road. But, as usual, the two groups did not experience the same time or the same event.