Here are some things you can do to protect your mental health as we walk the road to racial justice and peace, while continuing to experience the fruits of racism and white supremacy.
Racism
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Two years after George Floyd’s murder, bishops’ task force fights against ‘collective sin of racism’
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of police two years ago in Minneapolis sparked a national conversation about racism that continues today—the anniversary of his tragic death.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Replacement theory and NIMBYism have the same racist roots
The great replacement theory and its undisguised racism have horrified all but the most right-wing political leaders.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Advocate for abortion if you must. But don’t say poor people made you do it.
Economically vulnerable people of color are significantly more anti-abortion than rich white folks are.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Three questions white Catholics must ask themselves after the racist shooting in Buffalo
In the wake of the mass shooting in Buffalo, Catholic social teaching can provide a starting point for addressing a society that disregards lives, particularly those of Black people.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishops condemn mass shooting in Buffalo: We must ‘say no to the rotten forces of racism.’
U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was motivated by racial hatred.
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‘Subversive Habits’ tells the compelling and long-overlooked history of Black Catholic nuns
After 14 years of tenacious research, Shannen Dee Williams arguably now knows more about America’s Black nuns than anyone in the world.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson responds to questions about abortion, critical race theory and her faith
The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson included 13 hours of questioning about her her views on abortion, critical race theory and her own faith.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
The racism behind the attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria discusses the racism underpinning the negative reaction to President Biden’s announcement that his Supreme Court nominee would be a Black woman.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
The Catholic Church shut its doors on Black Americans. But we can still be made new.
Chris Smith, S.J.—one of a small number of Black Jesuits in formation in the U.S.—joins “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to talk about his multi-racial family’s legacy of love, racism, reconciliation and healing.