BSTF posts arranged vaguely by these topics: The Basics
-Christianity's Mandate for Justice and Reconciliation
-What is Racism?
-Action Steps
Lessons on Race
-Racism in Today’s World
-History Lessons about Race
-Re-Examining Stereotypes
-Talking about Race
-Current Events
Christianity’s Perspective
-Christian Principles Applied to Racial Issues
-Christianity's Racial Shortcomings
-Christian Vision for Justice and Reconciliation
Series
-#AllPeoplePractices
-American Creation Myths
-Beyond: Tolerance, Diversity, Reconciliation, Justice
-Listening Well as a Person of Privilege
-Logical Fallacies about Race
-Multicultural Worship Series
-Children and/or Adoption Series
Related Material
-Not Explicitly about Race, But Still Relevant
-Short Anecdotes from Life
-Reviews
-Biographies/Original Writings
-Guest Posts
-Recommending Others
-Chronological Archive of BTSF posts (including all Friday Fruit editions)
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Christianity's Mandate for Justice and Reconciliation
Why Reconciliation is Important
The Biblical Premise for Diversity in the Church
Is God Colorblind?
Is Justice New?
Justice in the Hands of All People
Living Liberation in Combating Racism
#MennoNerds on Race, Mutuality and Anabaptist Community
Mission and Vision
The Social Gospel Saved my Soul
Stay Proactive, Stay Vocal, Stay Consistent
They Will Know We Are Christians
"Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits"
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What is Racism?
Defining Racism
Accidental Racist
Better Than Jim Crow
Disparity by the Numbers
Microaggressions
Paradox of Modern Racism
Post-Post-Racial Society
The Problem With Overt Racism: #BringBackOurGirls
Resetting the Scale of Racism
Reverse Racism
White Victims of Racism
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Action Steps
10 Ways Privileged People Can Work for Justice
Actions of Advent
Am I Appreciating or Appropriating?
Bearing Good Fruit
First Steps for Equality and Justice
Five Tips for Incorporating Multicultural Worship
From Awareness to Action
Kiva Founder, Jessica Jackley, on TED
Lenten Disciplines for Racial Justice
Practical Steps for Racial Awareness
Reconciliation and Justice Reading List
Resources for Multicultural Worship Music
Reverb: The unintended consequences of our daily behavior
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Racialized Issues in Today’s World
Abortion and Condemnation
Academic Admissions
Adoption (see series below)
Affirmative Action
Appropriation of Protest
Children (see series below)
Disparity by the Numbers
Dreaming of a White Christmas
The 'Exotic' Three Wisemen
Earth Day, Stewardship, and Environmental Racism
Halloween Costumes
How to get to Sesame Street (Diversity in TV Programing)
’I have called you by name, Quvenzhané’
’Implicit Bias vs Explicit Bias
Katelin in China
Incarceration: The New Jim Crow
Racial Inequity in the Judicial System
Responding to the Prison Industrial Complex
The School-to-Prison Pipeline
Segregation
That Mascot Doesn't Honor Anyone
The War on Drugs
What is a post-9/11 American?
White Savior Complex
World AIDS Day
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History Lessons about Race
Timeline of Racism
125th Anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre
Academic Admissions and Generational Advantage
American Creation Myths (Series)
Black History Guides our Walk with Christ
First Taken, Last Released
For Such a Time as This: Black Power at the Olympics
Fred Korematsu Day
Is Justice New?
Learning from the Students: Activism Past and Present
The Origins of MLK Day
Racial Profiling and the Japanese American Internment
Recent History
Reparations and the Church?
Slavery By Another Name
The 25th Anniversary of the Rodney King Beating
Veterans Day
When Churches are Bombed
White History Month
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Re-Examining Stereotypes
Am I Appreciating or Appropriating?
Dichotomy of Racialized Stereotypes
Halloween Costumes
Identity in a White-Default World
Model Minority
Perpetual Foreigner
That Mascot Doesn't Honor Anyone
Why Being “Colorblind” Is Impossible
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Talking about Race
Anger in Conversations about Race
Apologies
'Everyone's a Little Bit Racist': Psychology of Racism
Growing Up White and ‘Normal’
Guilt
Listening Well as a Person of Privilege (Series)
Logical Fallacies about Race (Series)
Making New Friends
Silence and Ignorance
Too Busy? Rushing to Judgement
Top 10 Conversation Deflections
We are all just a part of the HUMAN race
When It Happens to Our Own
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Current Events
Abortion and Condemnation
Accidental Racist
After Trump’s Election: Deep in my heart, I do believe
Appropriation of Protest
Arizona's Ban on 'Ethnic Studies'
Baltimore and The Unheard
Bias Matters: Trayvon Martin
I am George Zimmerman
Birthers, Trump, Obama, and Racism
Breivik: "The Lone-Wolf"/"Terrorist" of Oslo
#BlackLivesMatter Interview on Anabaptistly
Bush and Hurt Feelings
Charlottesville
#ChapelHillShooting: There Are No White Extremists
Children at the Border: Have We Forgotten Who We Are?
The 'All People CDF Freedom School' Speaks Up for Children on the Border
Compromised in Missouri
The Dream: 50 years later
Don’t Habituate
Emanuel AME: Is There No Sanctuary?
The Argument *Against* the Multicultural Church
For Such a Time as This: Taking a Knee
Health Care Access
’I have called you by name, Quvenzhané’
Immigration: Stranger in a strange land
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Apologies
#IVPFall14 and Beyond: Racial Equity in Christian Publishing
#IVPFall14: An Interview with InterVarsity Press
John Crawford: #WhatIsJustice
Open Letter to Attorney General Mike DeWine
John Thompson, race, justice, and God
Jordan Davis (1995-2012)
Kanazawa's Ugly Lies about Beauty
Learning from the Students: Activism Past and Present
Local Elections: Vote!
#Marissa418: To Set the Oppressed Free
Michael Brown. Ferguson.
Stay Informed: #Ferguson
No Indictment For Darren Wilson in Ferguson
"Don't Shoot!" [Video]
Faith and Ferguson: Church Relevance on Police Brutality
Ferguson Reflections: Better Together?
Are You Willing to Die-In?
#StayWokeAdvent: Waiting for Justice
#StayWokeAdvent: The Gift of the Angels
A Year Later
Missing Children: Avonte Oquendo
MLK and the Bundy Oregon Standoff
More children, different border: Who gets to be a refugee?
"No Angel" and Ty're King
#NoDAPL: Water is Life
#Occupy, you are not the 99%
An #Occupier Responds: Open Thread
On the Death of Osama bin Laden
The Pathology of Mass Shooting
Pepsi Max Super Bowl Commercial: Love Hurts
More on the Superbowl Commercials
Outrage into Action
Psalms: #DelrawnSmall #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile #DallasPoliceShooting
The Problem With Overt Racism: #BringBackOurGirls
Reclaiming Patriotism
Refugee Thanksgiving
Representation at the Oscars
A Refuge for Women of Color
A Response to Alexandria Wallace Worth Watching
Rick Warren, Ignorance, and Apologies
Sanctuary for Edith Espinal
Troy Davis: Georgia’s ‘Strange Fruit’
The Trouble with Voter ID Laws
TSA
Uganda, Rolling Stones, and Christian Outrage
We Are Gulnare Free Will Baptist
Welcoming the Stranger
What is a post-9/11 American?
”Whites Only”
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Christian Principles Applied to Racial Issues
”Basically good” and “I’m not a racist, but…”
The Biblical Foundation of Diverse Leadership
Christian Rhetoric in Understanding Racism
Does 'Intent' Matter?
Is God Colorblind?
Justice vs. Reconciliation
Lenten Disciplines for Racial Justice
Suffering Lent
Resolution Against Racism
Reverb: The unintended consequences of our daily behavior
Saying ‘Yes’ to God from the Margins’
#StayWokeAdvent: Waiting for Justice
”Whites Only”
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Christianity's Racial Shortcomings
The Argument *Against* the Multicultural Church
Color of Christ: White Jesus
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
Day After Day They Seek Me
Pointing the Blame
Racial Inclusivity and Campus Ministry
Racial Equity in Christian Publishing: #IVPFall14 and Beyond
Racial Representation in Publishing and Marketing: An Interview with InterVarsity Press, #IVPFall14
Religious Roots of Racism
Reparations and the Church?
Representatives of Christ
Struggles of Discussing Race in the Asian American Evangelical Church
Stuff Church People Do
We Are Gulnare Free Will Baptist
”Whites Only”
With Morbid Silence: Christian Denial in an Age of Disparity
White Savior Complex
"Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits"
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Christian Vision for Justice and Reconciliation
Be the Light
Church for All People
The Christmas Story
Is God Colorblind?
Is Justice New?
Mission and Vision
Multicultural Worship (see series below)
Palm Sunday: the friends Jesus invited to His final week
Resurrection and Reconciliation
Rise Up...and Build!
Sharing our Stories: Living on the Southside
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#AllPeoplePractices
Welcome! #AllPeoplePractices is an ongoing series on the By Their Strange Fruit blog, in partnership with the United Methodist Church for All People and the General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR). In this series, we take an in-depth look at a church doing the work of multiethnic and multi-class ministry, and learn from the journey together:
#AllPeoplePractices
Church for All People
Divine Economy of Abundance
Radical Hospitality
Multicultural Worship Music
Third Places and the Inclusive Body of Christ
Welcoming the Stranger
Getting Jesus to His First Birthday
Holy Land for All People
Community Development *IS* Congregational Development
Hesed: The God of Mutuality
It's All About the Relationships: On Mutuality and Accompaniment
We ARE the Body of Christ
Rise Up...and Build!
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American Creation Myths
Creation Myths: Cristopher Columbus
Creation Myths: Founding Fathers
Creation Myths: Thanksgiving
Forth of July: Reclaiming Patriotism
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Beyond
Beyond Tolerance
Beyond Diversity
Beyond Reconciliation
Beyond Justice
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Listening Well as a Person of Privilege from Christena Cleveland
Recognize that the rules are different for you
Solidarity first, collaborative problem-solving later
Communicate on their terms, not your own
Recognize the limitations of good intentions
Seek to understand and embrace anger
From Pain to Hope
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Logical Fallacies about Race
Better Than Jim Crow
Black-on-Black Crime
Model Minority
"No Angel" and Ty're King
Not All White People
Pull Your Pants Up
Three Bears Effect
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Multicultural Worship Series
Arrabon: Learning Reconciliation through Community and Worship Music
The Art of Worship
The Argument *Against* the Multicultural Church
Five Tips for Incorporating Multicultural Worship
In Harmony
Intentionality
Multicultural Worship Collective [Review]
Multicultural Worship: Fear, Hurt and Conviction
Multicultural Worship Music
Multiethnic Worship: What Does God Desire?
Multilingual Worship: Is it Worth it?
The Next Worship: Glorifying God In a Diverse World
Resources for Multicultural Worship Music
Sacrifice of Praise
Slow Down...Put on Your Biblical Lens
Spiritual Dance: Edification vs. Entertainment
There's a Stranger in My House
What Gospel Music Taught Me
Welcoming and Inclusive Worship
Why Sing in Other Languages?
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Children and/or Adoption
Adoption: Human and Divine
Adoption: Divinely Inspired and Culturally Informed
Abortion and Condemnation
Getting Jesus to His First Birthday
How to get to Sesame Street (Diversity in TV Programing)
’I have called you by name, Quvenzhané’
Love You More, An Adoption Story
Missing Children: Avonte Oquendo
National Adoption Day
National Adoption Week Links
Raising Color-Aware Kids: The Colors of Us
The School-to-Prision Pipeline
Someone Else’s Children
Transracial Adoption
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Not Explicitly about Race, But Still Relevant
Abortion and Condemnation
Apologies
Break in
BTSF Blogging Advice
Church for All People
Colbert Report
The Cost of Being Poor
Creation Myths: Founding Fathers
'Do all the good you can', even to yourself
Earth Day, Stewardship, and Environmental Racism
First Steps for Equality and Justice
Freedom Writers
Health Care Access
Holidays
Human Trafficking: Set The Captives Free
Human Trafficking: Still Enslaved
Superbowl Sunday: Slavery Beneath the Stadium Seats
Immigration: Stranger in a strange land
Kiva Founder, Jessica Jackley, on TED
Labor Day
Love You More, An Adoption Story
Pursuing Justice
Resurrection and Reconciliation
Reverb: The unintended consequences of our daily behavior
Sacrifice of Praise
Saved from Meritocracy
Small Things Done with Great Love
Uganda, Rolling Stones, and Christian Outrage
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Short Anecdotes from Life
Appropriation vs Appreciation
Break in
Don't Stop Believing
First Sunburn of the Season
God's Protective Favor
Hair Cut
Holidays
I've Got Style?
Living Faith Award Address
News for the Golden Child
Ooops!
On a personal note
Twitter Conversation about Privilege
Yep..Still Ignorant
Yum!
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Reviews
American Promise
Ballet Requiem
Black Hawk Down
Black History Guides our Walk with Christ
Color of Christ: White Jesus
See Also: Rhetoric Race and Religion: R3bookclub explores 'Color of Christ'
Color of Freedom
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
Disunity in Christ
Facing Race:
Friday Fruit: Facing Race Edition!
UR Facing Race
Facing Race 2014
The Gospel Next Door
The Help
Kingdom Come
A Living Alternative: Anabaptist Christianity in a Post-Christendom World
Les Misérables: Valjean or Javert?
Multicultural Worship Collective [Review]
Incarceration: The New Jim Crow
The Next Worship: Glorifying God In a Diverse World
Reading List for Atlantic's #1book140
Reconciliation and Justice Reading List
Roadmap to Reconciliation
Red Tails: Using Privilege for Good?
Pepsi Max Super Bowl Commercial: Love Hurts
Pursuing Justice
Slavery By Another Name
’Trouble I've Seen'
UWeekly: Race Matters
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Biographies/Original Writings
Cesar Chavez Day
Dorothy Dandridge
Frederick Douglass: The 4th of July
James Baldwin
Malcom X
Marcus Garvey
MLK: Guidelines for a Constructive Church
MLK: I Have a Dream
MLK: Letter from Birmingham Jail
MLK: Where Do We Go From Here?
MLK: Paul’s Letter to American Christians
Noting Those in Attendance
Nelson Mandela:In His Own Words
Nelson Mandela the ‘Terrorist’
Tuskegee Airmen
White History Month
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Guest Posts
Diego Alzate Correa
Dia De Las Velitas
David Bailey
Arrabon: Learning Reconciliation through Community and Worship Music
Grace Biskie
A Plea to Engage in Racial Reconciliation
Austin Channing Brown
Top 10 Conversation Deflections
Deborah Brunt
The SBC and white-led racial reconciliation
Pride and Privilege
Daniel José Camacho
Wilberforce and Selective Christian Memory: Social Justice from a Conservative, Eurocentric Perspective
Drea Chicas
Born into a Family of Fighters
Downward Mobility
Christena Cleveland
10 Ways Privileged People Can Work for Justice
Disunity in Christ
Recognize that the rules are different for you
Solidarity first, collaborative problem-solving later
Communicate on their terms, not your own
Recognize the limitations of good intentions
Seek to understand and embrace anger
From Pain to Hope
Karen Cook
MLK: Dream on Dreamer
#StayWokeAdvent: The Gift of the Angels
Juan Crutchfield
The 25th Anniversary of the Rodney King Beating
Josh Davis (Proskuneo)
Why Sing in Other Languages?
Erin Echols
With Morbid Silence: Christian Denial in an Age of Disparity
Brittany Eddy
Culture, Context & Crossing Borders
Faith and Ferguson: Church Relevance on Police Brutality
Flying First Class: Contradictions in Faith
Human Trafficking: Still Enslaved
Pointing the Blame
Spiritual Dance: Edification vs. Entertainment
Superbowl Sunday: Slavery Beneath the Stadium Seats
John Edgar
It Hurts When You Kick Against the Goads
John Farmer
Cultural Exchange in the Multicultural Church
Julie Farmer
The Art of Worship
Steph Fernandes
On Hospitality
Howard Fields
First Taken, Last Released
Ashley Garcia
Injustice in the Ancient Era
Ryan Hansen
#ChapelHillShooting: There Are No White Extremists
'Everyone's a Little Bit Racist': Psychology of Racism
Resetting the Scale of Racism
Too Busy? Rushing to Judgement
Why Being “Colorblind” Is Impossible
Linda Leigh Hargrove
Someone Else’s Children
Donita Harris
We ARE the Body of Christ
Greg Henneman
DAMN. and the Crucified Christ
Hesed: The God of Mutuality
Justice in the Hands of All People
Looked with Compassion
Michelle Higgins
Michelle Higgins's Address to Urbana15
Eileen Howard
Family Roots
Sacrifice of Praise
Diane Kenaston
I Am Racist
Jean-Pierre Laurenceau-Medina
UR Facing Race
Chris Lenshyn
#BlackLivesMatter Interview on Anabaptistly
The Struggles of Discussing Race in the Asian American Evangelical Church
Ramon Mayo
The Biblical Foundation of Diverse Leadership
You Can’t Separate King from Christ!
Jonathan McCallum
Cultural or Spiritual? Perpetuating the Divides
Craig McCoy
American Promise
Open Letter to Attorney General Mike DeWine
Royce Morris (Proskuneo)
Multiethnic Worship: What Does God Desire?
Multilingual Worship: Is it Worth it?
Sherie Mungo
Adoption: Human and Divine
Adoption: Divinely Inspired and Culturally Informed
Maxine Naawu
Am I Appreciating or Appropriating?
How to get to Sesame Street (Diversity in TV Programing)
I Don't Know
Pepsi Max Super Bowl Commercial: Love Hurts
Representation at the Oscars
Carolyn Ogrosky
Colors of Us
Peter Kihyun Park
Finding Common Ground with Encouragement
Multicultural Worship: Fear, Hurt and Conviction
Slow Down...Put on Your Biblical Lens
Jan Paron
Carrying Your Brother
Adam Ployd
MLK and the Bundy Oregon Standoff
Sarah Quezada
Race as a Social Construct
Claire Richtmyer
Biblical Justice
Jorge Juan Rodriguez V
Double Bind and Cheap Grace
Marty Troyer
Human Trafficking: Set The Captives Free
Kiss Me! I’m an Immigrant
Reverb: The unintended consequences of our daily behavior
Saying ‘Yes’ to God from the Margins’
Kevin Robinson
Make My Brown Eyes Blue
There's a Stranger in My House
Tom Skinner
The US Racial Crisis and World Evangelism
April Sunami
Intentionality
Chris Sunami
Allegiance
The Black American's Burden
"Don't Shoot!" [Video]
Ferguson Reflections: Better Together?
Internal Conflict
Warin
Dorothy Dandridge
Hidden in Plain Sight: Black Actors Missing in Action
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Recommending Others
Archive of ‘Friday Fruit’ Links
Andrew Walls: Ephesian Moment
Interracial Relationships in Church
John Thompson, race, justice, and God
LIE
More First Steps for Equality and Justice
News Flash: Black Churches Like to Sing
Noting Those in Attendance
Privilege, Freedom Riders, Geronimo, and Worship
Remake of Rebecca Black's 'Friday'
Resist Racism and Racialicious
A Response to Alexandria Wallace Worth Watching
Sermon: John Edgar
Spanish-Speaking Samaritan
Think Christian, Peregrinaje, Capital Commentary
UMC: Black History Month
UMC's Rev. Mark Sargent: Thunk, Gap, and 6A's
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