Being born with dark brown skin is not a choice. Being subject to violence based on the history of dark brown skin is, tragically, not a choice. Fighting back against a systemic perversion of life based on dark brown skin is a choice. Being born with light pink skin is not a choice. Being...

I look at this article and I gather great hope because of the questions it raises. It makes me ask these questions of my current academic home (The Pacific School of Religion) and my previous one (Starr King School for the Ministry.) It also makes me ask these questions outside of the academy and in...