My skin crawled as I read about Rachel Dolezal, the former President of the NAACP Spokane chapter. Dolezal lied about her racial background in order to pretend to be black. I reflected on all those times I felt unwanted and unnecessary in white spaces, where I would have lied about what I was if I could and step outside of myself like Rachel did. Only white privilege could afford her this “transracial” title while the rest of us can only afford to be...racial.
Read MoreYesterday was the first Sunday of the year! Every Sunday evening, my youth group meets up to worship, read God's word, share a testimony and have a discussion. Being the fact that this was first Sunday, we decided to have the bulk of the service to be our youth coming up and sharing a testimony about what God has done for us in 2014.
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