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These are the slides that I used for my Pecha Kucha presentation at Phyllis Tickle's Emergence Christianity Event in Memphis, TN - January 10-12, 2013. These are a snap shot from my book, "WORDS MATTER: Curating Healthy Space for Helpful Conversations About Race"
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Words MatterCurating Healthy Space for Helpful
Conversations About Race
Bruce Reyes-ChowEmergence Christianity 2013
PHOTO BY ERICCONSTANTINEAU
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The 11 o’clock Hour
"IT IS APPALLING THAT THE MOST SEGREGATED HOUR OF CHRISTIAN AMERICA IS ELEVEN O'CLOCK ON
SUNDAY MORNING."
MLK
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Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Gentile,
neither slave nor free,
neither male nor female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Photo by Kalexanderson
ETHNICITY
ECONOMICS
GENDER
POWER, JUSTICE AND INCLUSION
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Acts 2:6
WHEN THEY HEARD THIS SOUND, A CROWD CAME TOGETHER IN
BEWILDERMENT, BECAUSE EACH ONE HEARD THEIR OWN LANGUAGE BEING
SPOKEN.
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The Words We Use
BRC SELF-PORTRAIT - 1970’S
AWKWARD
UNCOMFORTABLE
OFFENSIVE
DID HE JUST SAY THAT?
DID I JUST SAY THAT?
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The Words We Use
PHOTO BY GRAFIXER
“NO, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?”
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The Words We Use
PHOTO BY ROBERT MADEIRA
“IF YOU WOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT RACE, RACISM WOULDN’T BE A
PROBLEM.”
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The Words We Use
PHOTO BY PINKSHERBET
“DON’T BE SO SENSITIVE.”
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The Words We Use
“RACE IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT.”
PHOTO BY GEODANNY
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The Words We Use
1920’S, CENTRAL VALLEY, CA
“BUT IT’S SO MUCH BETTER THEN IT USED TO BE.”
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The Words We Use
PHOTO BY FURIOUSGEORGE81
“WE NEED AT LEAST ONE.”
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The Words We Use
ILLUSTRATION BY CHARAMELODY
“WHY DO YOU ALWAYS SIT TOGETHER?”
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The Words We Use
PHOTO BY POPILOP
“I DON’T SEE YOU AS ASIAN.”
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The Words We Use
“ASIAN IS IN.”PHOTO BY ESPN
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The Words We Use
“YOU ALL LOOK THE SAME.”PHOTO BY DEMOTIVATIONAL POSTERS
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The Words We Use
“YOUR ENGLISH IS REALLY GOOD.”
PHIL DUNFY - MODERN FAMILY
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The Words We Use
“DO YOU KNOW MARTIAL ARTS?”
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The Words We Use
PHOTO BY STÉFAN
“IT’S NOT EASY BEING WHITE”
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The Words We Use“HE SAYS IT, WHY CAN’T I?”
“WHAT’S WRONG WITH COLUMBUS?”
“MINORITIES CAN’T BE RACIST.”
“AND OUT COMES THE RACE CARD.”
“HE’S A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLACK.”
“WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU?”
“BUT YOU NEVER SHOW UP.”
“I’M NOT A RACIST, BUT...”
“THOSE PEOPLE...”PHOTO BY QUINNANYA
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Words MatterBook Release | February 2012
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