Not some more convenient season
Before we can reconcile with one another and our past, we must learn to reconcile within ourselves, within our own hearts. Introducing Reflections on Reconciliation.
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Reflections on Reconciliation
Voices from Lafayette’s Black community explore the role of education in reconciliation.
History is our witness
Race remains the central issue and pivotal point of transformation for an entire American society. History is our witness that race might never be a bridge that unites us.
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The head and the heart
In racial reconciliation, what is demanded of us is an ability to feel, acknowledge and process the emotions that arise in tandem with the recounting of history.
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Reconciliation takes more than two Hail Marys
Transformation is in the act of examination and sincerely resolving to do better, not rote penance. We can do better than saying we’re sorry and moving on.
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Elevation is the solution
Racial reconciliation requires removing the roadblocks our nation put in front of African Americans.
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Queen Mother Moore’s racial solidarity: When reconciliation was not enough
Queen Mother Audley Moore did not believe in racial reconciliation, but racial solidarity.
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First, education and then, reconciliation
It is impossible to work towards reconciliation and healing, if we have never been taught/learned the historical wrongs committed against Americans by other Americans.
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