Tag: antiracism

Our Different Realities

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on January 16, 2023. Posted in Featured, General, Racism to Reconciliation. 10 Comments on Our Different Realities

On this Martin Luther King Day, I acknowledge a truth. The years of us white folks embedding racism in American society has warped our perception. We whites see different realities from Black folk, every day, day-by-day. If I’m inside the white community, I experience life in America differently than those who aren’t. How Different...

White Privilege as Spiritual Discipline

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on January 4, 2023. Posted in Featured, General, Racism to Reconciliation. 9 Comments on White Privilege as Spiritual Discipline

White people hate the term “white privilege.” Why? Because life is hard for all of us. “Privilege” implies ease, and our lives have not, in fact, been easy. Also, as Americans, we value rugged individualism. Only those who made their own way in the world count as successful. No silver spoons for us, thank you very much. You...