racial identity – Rev. Elizabeth Durant

Wait, I’m Not “Special” Because I’m White? Thoughts on Internalized Superiority

by lizcourage & vulnerability, entitlement, racial identity, systemic racism, white privilege October 8, 20152 Comments

I was privileged to have a conversation recently with a young Black activist who I deeply admire. I was surprised when she suggested that there is nothing remarkable about the white part of white supremacy. In different cultures around the world, in the past and present, groups have acted in similar ways, creating and maintaining brutal, dehumanizing and oppressive …

Raised to be White

by lizlanguage, parenting, racial identity February 7, 201313 Comments

While I’m writing about white supremacy in Christianity for school, I’m also caring for our baby daughter (now nearly seven months old). So as I’m reading about how we become white, I can’t help but think of how she is becoming white, even at this young age. We talk about gender in our house and …

What Color is Your God?

by lizlanguage, racial identity, theology December 28, 20124 Comments

What color is your God? I envy my friends their relationship with rocks and rivers, ocean and trees. God for me will always wear a human face: Our Lady, blessed mother of the world, and Jesus. I’m knee-deep in a thesis for my master’s degree about racism and White Christianity. Womanist scholar Mukti Barton writes …