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Professor & Dean of @HUSDIVINITY, activist, womanist theologian, unapologetically Black, displaced New Yorker, Alpha Kappa Alpha, lover of words. $YNPierce
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Dec 13, 2020 6 tweets 1 min read
White supremacists are tearing down and burning Black Lives Matter signs from churches. These are acts of both racial terror and religious violence. + Burning Black Lives Matter signs ripped from churches is an explicit threat to the sanctity of the Black church and to Black lives and freedom, even if the church itself is not historically Black.
Jun 16, 2020 8 tweets 1 min read
A few thoughts on the consistent and unapologetic racism that comes out of the mouths of white supremacist Christians and those who enable them. 1/ You don't want freedom-loving unapologetic Black folks in your space because you know we'd tell the truth about the racist, white-washed sepulchres you call churches and denominations. 2/
Jun 3, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
How do you "do justice?" Start where you are. Don't be so paralyzed by the scale of the problem that you simply do nothing. The work of racial justice needs lawyers and journalists, and also gardeners and theologians. #RacialJustice My prayer tonight is for the poets to continue to write their poems. And for the artists to continue to paint their canvases. And for the preachers to continue to craft their sermons. Protest where you are, with your God-given skills and talents. #RacialJustice