Race - DIC Writes™ https://dicwrites.com The Time To Write Is Write Now™ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:00:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/dicwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Race - DIC Writes™ https://dicwrites.com 32 32 194274249 “Fringe” Benefit: Shedding Light on the Revisionist History of Slavery https://dicwrites.com/fringe-benefit-shedding-light-on-revisionist-history-of-slavery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fringe-benefit-shedding-light-on-revisionist-history-of-slavery https://dicwrites.com/fringe-benefit-shedding-light-on-revisionist-history-of-slavery/#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:20:45 +0000 https://dicwrites.com/?p=2645 It’s possible for someone to see what’s in plain sight and take extraordinary measures to deny its existence and defy any rational argument. Such is the subject of black captivity. I react to a recent push to sanitize what happened to my ancestors.

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]]> https://dicwrites.com/fringe-benefit-shedding-light-on-revisionist-history-of-slavery/feed/ 0 2645 Unraveling The Web and Reveling in the Shades https://dicwrites.com/unraveling-the-web-and-reveling-in-the-shades/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unraveling-the-web-and-reveling-in-the-shades https://dicwrites.com/unraveling-the-web-and-reveling-in-the-shades/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2023 08:30:00 +0000 https://dicwrites.com/?p=2315 Getting to heart of a matter can be a messy ordeal. It requires us to lay aside pretense and get real. I really have something to say about the current state of race relations.

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]]> https://dicwrites.com/unraveling-the-web-and-reveling-in-the-shades/feed/ 0 2315 The Beginning of Sending Freedom’s Message: Juneteenth  https://dicwrites.com/the-beginning-of-sending-freedoms-message-juneteenth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-beginning-of-sending-freedoms-message-juneteenth https://dicwrites.com/the-beginning-of-sending-freedoms-message-juneteenth/#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000 https://dicwrites.com/?p=1744 As an African-American man and a father, I commemorate the day the road was paved for my people to start the ongoing march towards racial equality.

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]]> https://dicwrites.com/the-beginning-of-sending-freedoms-message-juneteenth/feed/ 0 1744 A Piece of the Pie and A Place at the Table  https://dicwrites.com/a-piece-of-the-pie-and-a-place-at-the-table/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-piece-of-the-pie-and-a-place-at-the-table https://dicwrites.com/a-piece-of-the-pie-and-a-place-at-the-table/#respond Tue, 17 May 2022 19:03:11 +0000 https://dicwrites.com/?p=1717 The fear of loss has the potential to drive the most rational person to consider the unthinkable. I reflect on the racially motivated massacre in Buffalo, NY, its cause, and how Christians can bring something sweet from a bitter situation.

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]]> https://dicwrites.com/a-piece-of-the-pie-and-a-place-at-the-table/feed/ 0 1717 It’s Who I Am: Color Me Black  https://dicwrites.com/its-who-i-am-color-me-black/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-who-i-am-color-me-black https://dicwrites.com/its-who-i-am-color-me-black/#respond Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://dicwrites.com/?p=1530 It’s Black History Month! I celebrate the accomplishments of my fellow African-Americans, and I celebrate who God has made me!

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]]> https://dicwrites.com/its-who-i-am-color-me-black/feed/ 0 1530 A Word to Say on Martin Luther King’s Birthday https://dicwrites.com/a-word-to-say-on-martin-luther-kings-birthday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-word-to-say-on-martin-luther-kings-birthday https://dicwrites.com/a-word-to-say-on-martin-luther-kings-birthday/#respond Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://dicwrites.com/?p=1474 I know how great this world can be because I recognize you’re different from me.

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]]> https://dicwrites.com/a-word-to-say-on-martin-luther-kings-birthday/feed/ 0 1474 Juneteenth: A Day for Freedom https://dicwrites.com/juneteenth-a-day-for-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=juneteenth-a-day-for-freedom https://dicwrites.com/juneteenth-a-day-for-freedom/#respond Sat, 19 Jun 2021 22:32:22 +0000 https://dicwrites.com/?p=642 In honor of the signing into law Juneteenth as a national holiday.

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