June 5, 2020
The Colors of Christ
Growing up, “whiteness” was mostly invisible to me. I knew that I was white, that others were not, but I mostly didn’t think about race. And if I’m honest, when I did think about it, it made me really uncomfortable. I quickly retreated to “colorblindness” (choosing not to see race, and pretending race had no impact on how I treated people). Maybe that’s why I still remember when I was shocked by “whiteness”… it was when