Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania announced they are removing George Whitefield’s statue from campus because of his racist words and his role in advocating for and participating in slavery. The University said: “Honoring him with a statue on our campus is inconsistent with our University’s core values, which guide us in becoming an ever more…
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This year marks 5 years since I created SlowToWrite.com. That’s 5 years since I committed to blogging for you and Christ. That’s 5 years since I made a vow to become quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger—slow to write. And over the last 5 years, my blog has received significant attention from…
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I was a five-minute walk from home when a police car abruptly stopped beside me. Then the police officers rolled down the window and yelled, “stop!” But I stopped walking before they demanded me to. I was afraid—I was too afraid to move. Police cars weren’t uncommon in my neighbourhood. I was twenty years old…
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One of the most popular slogans from protestors over the last couple weeks is, “silence is violence, silence is compliance.” The slogan suggests people—especially white people—who are silent about the perceived racist basis for George Floyd’s murder are complicit in systemic racism and racist police brutality against George Floyd and other black people. The slogan…
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The conflict over slavery was: is it right or wrong? The conflict over segregation was: is it right or wrong? However, the conflict over systemic racism isn’t: is it right or wrong? The conflict is: does systemic racism exist or not? That is a fundamentally different question. Americans are not divided over whether systemic racism…
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I’ve asked 10 Christians—5 black Americans and 5 non-black Americans—to share their reactions to George Floyd’s murder. Some people believe black Americans and non-black Americans—especially white Americans have entirely different reactions to injustices against Geoge Floyd and black men. But as you read in part 1, and as you’ll see in this article, part 2—these…
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I’ve asked 10 Christians—5 black Americans and 5 non-black Americans—to share their reactions to George Floyd’s murder. Some people believe black Americans and non-black Americans—especially white Americans have entirely different reactions to injustices against Geoge Floyd and black men. But as you’ll see in this article, part 1, and tomorrow’s article, part 2—these individuals have…
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A group of police officers recently responded to a 911 call. When they arrived at the scene, they placed a man in handcuffs, they pinned his body facedown to the ground, and they pressed on his neck. The man cried in agony for several minutes. He begged for help more than 30 times. He told…
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There are four images from the George Floyd video I can’t unsee. I can’t unsee the police officer’s apathetic face while a man was dying beneath him. I can’t unsee George Floyd’s distressed face while he was being killed by a man over him. I can’t unsee the police officer’s knee on George Floyd’s neck…
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We probably wouldn’t know Ahmaud Arbery’s name if he hadn’t been killed by two white people. When black people are victims of alleged murder, our reactions are often measured by the skin colour of the perpetrators. When the level of outrage over injustices against black people is precipitated by the level of melanin in the…
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