Category Archives: Quaker Theology

More on “Un-Banned” Black History Month: Henry Louis Gates Jr. On the Return of the “Lost Cause” Censorship, and the Need for Real Debate on Black Issues in America

[NOTE: Henry Louis Gates could well be the best professor I never had. I was first knocked over by his intellect and insight when I found his 1993 article that challenged the use of what was then newly-called “Critical Race Theory” as justification for repression of free speech by essentially private, often mob action, now … Continue reading More on “Un-Banned” Black History Month: Henry Louis Gates Jr. On the Return of the “Lost Cause” Censorship, and the Need for Real Debate on Black Issues in America

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AFSC-DEI Tuesday Update: Someone Didn’t Get The Memo

Friends, Like so many institutions, AFSC and its managers don’t seem to cotton to outside media examination. Plaudits, bouquets, puff pieces for their pet programs? Yes.  They especially like mentions that AFSC  won the Nobel Peace Prize. But questions, challenges, notes that the Nobel came in 1947,  which was three generations ago, and everybody connected … Continue reading AFSC-DEI Tuesday Update: Someone Didn’t Get The Memo

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