Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Defending the Guilty This is a difficult thing to understand, so I ask for some grace with this. The person who defends the guilty is not trying to protect the guilty but is trying to protect the ideal of … Continue reading Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Defending the Guilty
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Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Competing Narratives
Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: the use of anecdotes vs. the use of statistical data There's a lot that could be said here, but simply, I think the problem is that both are necessary for the discussion and both can be used in misleading … Continue reading Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Competing Narratives
Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Personal Anecdotes vs. Statistical Data
Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: the use of anecdotes vs. the use of statistical data. There's a lot that could be said here, but simply, I think the problem is that both are necessary for the discussion and both can be used in misleading … Continue reading Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Personal Anecdotes vs. Statistical Data
Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Listening
“People often don’t care what you know until they know that you care.” Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Listening The above quote has stuck with me for the last 8 years now since I first heard it in seminary from my Biblical counseling professor. … Continue reading Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Listening
Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Earlier Thoughts
Hey Friends, In light of the tragic killing of George Floyd and the resulting protests and riots, the subject of systemic racism has come back to the fore of many people’s minds. As the dialogue on race and racism move forward I will be sharing … Continue reading Obstacles to the Dialogue on Racism: Earlier Thoughts
Examples of Public Discourse (Good and Bad): Big Think on Religion and Politics
This is an ongoing series based on two articles I previously wrote. You can find those here and here. Big Think video on YouTube. “How Religion Turned American Politics Against Science”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz8VbAxkaDw Big Think is a YouTube channel whose content is predominately Left, … Continue reading Examples of Public Discourse (Good and Bad): Big Think on Religion and Politics
Examples of Public Discourse (Good and Bad): Woman asks for Mike Rowe to be Fired
This is an ongoing series based on two articles I previously wrote. You can find those here and here. If this example doesn't typify the incredulous attitude of people, perhaps most predominant on the Left, then it doesn't exist. Mike Rowe is the host of … Continue reading Examples of Public Discourse (Good and Bad): Woman asks for Mike Rowe to be Fired
The State of Public Discourse (Part Deux): The Incredulous Attitude
Previously In a previous article I wrote about the state of public discourse in which I used the illustration of No Man’s Land (i.e. trench warfare) to describe some of the present issues which hinder a fruitful discussion. The two main points I made were: … Continue reading The State of Public Discourse (Part Deux): The Incredulous Attitude
The State of Public Discourse: On Race and Related Issues
Observations, Conclusions, and Solutions My undergraduate degree is in Sociology. Much of that discipline studies and observes the different institutions of society (religion, marriage, government, education, the justice system, etc); how individuals and communities interact within them. In that course of study there were many … Continue reading The State of Public Discourse: On Race and Related Issues
Thoughts from a quiet night 