Recommendations from the editors of America magazine, plus some poetry too!
Race
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
We have a story to tell: Indigenous scholars, activists speak up amid toppling of Serra statues
California Native people prayed at a makeshift altar before activists took down the statue of Serra, the 18th-century Franciscan credited with spreading the Catholic faith but also seen as part of an imperial conquest.
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Fighting racism means putting faith in action, say Black Catholics
The recent racial unrest has special poignancy for Black Catholics, who wish and work for change not only in American society, but in the Catholic Church as well.
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Bishop Soto: ‘Strenuous labor’ of ending racism shouldn’t be ‘toppled’ by looting
Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento has said that toppling statues does not bring about establishing the hard work of justice and “does little to build the future.”
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Respect, understanding can defeat racism, bigotry, Archbishop Gregory says
During an online discussion on faith and racism sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., said “if we do not know each other…we make it possible for hatred to grow.”
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Georgetown Law School forum examines reforming, transforming police
If police officers commit crimes while on duty, “the court has put up a number of hurdles to make it difficult to bring injunctive relief against an entire police department.”
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Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim
Recent polls concerning coronavirus have revealed what has long been suspected: that African Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic and that 11% have had a family member or close friend who have died from the virus.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Black Girl Blues
To be a black girl is to be ancient A walking cemetery A womb to only carry lynched sons and kidnapped daughters Have feet made of fossils Learning the oil spill of her birth A hip strong enough for her kin An underground railroad kind of back Backside to sit glass on And still enough […]