In recent years, thanks to shows like Shonda Rhimes’ “Scandal,” there has been a rise in shows featuring black women, both on and off the screen.
Racial Justice
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Why “Dear White People” is our best look at racial politics on U.S. campuses
“Dear White People” gets into the nitty-gritty of campus life, where students’ politics must coexist with their personal relationships, and sacred principles must endure alongside collegiate stupidity.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Wajahat Ali reminds U.S. Catholics of their own history of discrimination
This week, we talk with Wajahat Ali, a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, where he covers religion, family life and U.S. politics.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
New Orleans Mayor confronts racism in new memoir
Landrieu’s push to remove Confederate statues is told through the lens of New Orleans’s chronic inability to address race and poverty.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
How painting can become an act of penance
Teaching in prison, and a racially charged encounter, amplified my consciousness of race in religious imagery.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Archbishop Gregory: Catholics must stand against race and gender injustices
Speaking in Chicago to a gathering of U.S. priests, Archbishop Wilton Gregory addressed racism, sexism and a host of other societal challenges that “continue to hold us captive.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Faith can help cleanse societal waters of racism, says Cardinal Wuerl
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said the concept of race is not a biological reality, but a social construct.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why it’s important for parishes to have difficult conversations about race and sex
Every Sunday we would encounter each other, serve food and wash dishes “hip to hip.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Starbucks closing stores for an afternoon for bias training
Starbucks, which once urged its employees to start conversations about race with customers, found itself through the looking glass: under fire for its treatment of black people.
Posted inFaith, News
Participants in interfaith rally resolve to continue Rev. King’s work
The rally featured clergy from numerous faith traditions, including Catholics, Orthodox Christians, various Protestant denominations, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Zoroastrians and others.