The Piety That Lies Between: A Progressive Christian Perspective

"The children of God should not have any other country here below but the universe itself, with the totality of all the reasoning creatures it ever has contained, contains, or ever will contain. That is the native city to which we owe our love." --Simone Weil

Showing posts with label implicit bias. Show all posts
Showing posts with label implicit bias. Show all posts
Saturday, July 30, 2022

Shutting Down Racial Bias Education in Oklahoma? The Chilling Impact of HB 1775 and Recent OSBE Decisions

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On July 28, 2022, the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted to lower the accreditation status of both Tulsa Public Schools and Mustang Pub...
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Thursday, May 3, 2018

White Innocence: A Confession

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Here is an unsurprising fact about me: I am imperfect. I won't give you a comprehensive list of my imperfections, but I do want to ta...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Hypothetical Verdicts: Crutcher, Shelby, and Blame

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Last night a jury in Tulsa reached a verdict in a high-profile case in which a police officer, Betty Shelby, shot and killed an unarmed bla...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Racism and the Charleston Shootings: Individual and Collective Responsibility

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Over the last few days I've seen the following meme reappear on social media. It shows up every once in awhile, usually when someone has...
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Monday, April 13, 2015

"F**k Your Breath": Mistakes in Law Enforcement

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The other day, another police shooting of a black man made headlines--this one in Tulsa, so it hit close to home. It was all captured on v...
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Eric Reitan
Eric, an award-winning scholar and writer, teaches philosophy at Oklahoma State University. His first book, IS GOD A DELUSION? A REPLY TO RELIGION'S CULTURED DESPISERS, was named one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles of 2009. His other books include GOD'S FINAL VICTORY (co-authored with John Kronen) and THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND THE CHRISTIAN LOVE ETHIC, the science fiction novel, SO EDEN SANK TO GRIEF, and, most recently,TROUBLED PARADISE: LIMITED SALVATION AND THE PROBLEM OF HEAVENLY GRIEF.
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