The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Recap: Deconstructing America (Episode 5)
“I owe you an apology,” the Winter Soldier tells Sam. “I’m sorry.”
Yes, Black America Tried to Tell Y’all
Black Americans have been prophesying to the rest of America about these injustices, because we’ve lived these stories time and again.
Mixed Blessing by Chandra Crane, Free for CAPC Members
To read Mixed Blessing is to explore the pains and triumphs of multiethnicity––to be seen, for readers who are multiethnic, and to understand, for those who are not.
Understanding & Lamenting Racial Injustice: CAPC Staff Recommendations
Pop culture is a powerful force for change, and these picks from Christ and Pop Culture staff members are a great place to start.
Just Mercy Calls Us to Be the Family of God
Our apathy toward racial injustice is partially rooted in an insufficient understanding of the family of God.
The Revolutionary Raven: Lamar Jackson
Lamar Jackson’s on-field and locker room humility and leadership exhibits how Christians can unashamedly use our gifts to reshape a pessimistic and critical culture.
Singing a Better Song: CCM’s Incomplete Witness on Race
Race’s conspicuous exclusion from mainstream Christian music (CCM) communicated something implicit and insidious.
The Decentering Power of Kim’s Convenience
Watching a show like Kim’s Convenience is a helpful exercise for anyone in the dominant culture to experience the decentering of whiteness and the elevation of stories from the margins.
White Awake by Daniel Hill, Free for CAPC Members
White Awake brings us back again and again, gently but inexorably, to the truths that we’re so unwilling to face, steadily prying our hands from our eyes.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Reconciliation and Foot-Washing in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Through the humble act of foot-washing, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood pointed the way toward racial reconciliation.
Bringing the Prairie to the Hood
Watching ‘Little House on the Prairie’ in Southeast D.C., where the population is 94% black, is a bit of an anomaly.
Cool Takes: The Snowpocalypse of Privilege
This week in whiteness: a huge snowstorm and Macklemore’s “White Privilege II”.
Is Black Lives Matter Overblown?
Let’s assume that Black Lives Matter is overblown.
American Zoo: Looking at Black Culture According to Vince Staples
Vince Staples offers a striking commentary on black life in the U.S. and the invisible wall that continues to separate.
Dividing Screen of Hostility: Pursuing Racial Reconciliation through Film
The racial events of the past half-decade, added to the long history of race in America, have assured that the body of Christ can no longer turn its head and wait for injustice to resolve on its own.
The Lazy Storytelling of ‘Black or White’: Love and Justice Are Not Colorblind
Black or White addresses pressing race issues in both a superficial and strangely maudlin way—so much emotion, but so little truth behind it.
