This was such a powerful post by C.J. at Feeding on Folly. It’s definitely worth your time and your thought. She ends the post by saying, “Let’s get this conversation started.” I think she’s done that. Let’s keep it going.
About a month ago – for reasons too vast to explain in a 1,000 word blog post – I found myself creating a timeline of “Racism and Immigration” in the United States for the convent’s biannual community gathering.
And because I can never do anything half-way, I wound up filling 21 large bulletin boards for the Sisters.
The only reason I stopped at 21 is because I ran out of bulletin boards.
Seriously. There was no shortage of information.
I’m considering creating a wallet-sized version of my work so the next time I hear someone claim this nation was founded on Christian principles, I’ll just whip this puppy out and say, “OH YEAH?!”
The magnitude of the information I found was overwhelming. There were times I had to get away from my computer. Take a walk. Breathe in some fresh air.
The weird thing is that I knew
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