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Exclusion and Embrace

Where are you FROM?

July 12, 2013 by David Leave a Comment

My housemate and I had an odd conversation about the Trayvon Martin case  and the state of racism in the US today.  It was strange, mainly because we occupy very different perspectives.  My housemate is a humble, genuine, and deeply compassionate man who self-identifies as an ultra-conservative that likes Sean Hannity.  In comparison, I tend to be the more critical and argumentative member of the household, often pressing him on political perspectives from my position as center-left leaning NPR addict.  He is … [Read more...] about Where are you FROM?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Compromising Scholarship, discrimination, Exclusion and Embrace, george yancey, Miroslav Volf, racism, Trayvon Martin case, What kind of Asian are you?

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