10 Unhelpful Things We Say About Race

Are we STILLTalking about race?Bruce Reyes-Chow Wild Goose Festival West 2012 PHOTO BY ERICCONSTANTINEAU #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

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Road Map of the Day Me My Fabulous and Flawed Families Power and Ears Photo by allisonhare #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Road Map of the Day Me My Fabulous and Flawed Families Power and Ears 10 unhelpful things we say to one another about race that makes it really hard to talk about race. Photo by allisonhare #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Road Map of the Day Me My Fabulous and Flawed Families Power and Ears 10 unhelpful things we say to one another about race that makes it really hard to talk about race. Questions and Comments Photo by allisonhare #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

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My Fabulous andFlawed FamiliesPresbyterian Church (USA). #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

My Fabulous andFlawed FamiliesPresbyterian Church (USA).Emergent, emergent, convergence,hyphen-mergent, postmodern. #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

My Fabulous andFlawed FamiliesPresbyterian Church (USA).Emergent, emergent, convergence,hyphen-mergent, postmodern.Progressive, thoughtful, integrated,spiritual, passionate, forgiving,complex, funny and willing . . . #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

My Fabulous andFlawed FamiliesPresbyterian Church (USA).Emergent, emergent, convergence,hyphen-mergent, postmodern.Progressive, thoughtful, integrated,spiritual, passionate, forgiving,complex, funny and willing . . .Aging genX’er, Jesus-y, Hipster-ishwho believes that despite our ﬂawswe offer an amazingly transformativeexpression of the holy. #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Galatians 3:28 Photo by Kalexanderson #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

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 #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Gentile, ETHNICITY neither slave nor free, neither male nor female,for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Photo by Kalexanderson #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Gentile, ETHNICITY neither slave nor free, ECONOMICS neither male nor female,for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Photo by Kalexanderson #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Gentile, ETHNICITY neither slave nor free, ECONOMICS neither male nor female, GENDERfor you are all one in Christ Jesus. Photo by Kalexanderson #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Gentile, ETHNICITY neither slave nor free, ECONOMICS neither male nor female, GENDERfor you are all one in Christ Jesus. POWER, JUSTICE AND INCLUSION Photo by Kalexanderson #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Acts 2:6 #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Acts 2:6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Acts 2:6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.SUMMONED INTO A MIRACLE OF HEARING #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Acts 2:6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.SUMMONED INTO A MIRACLE OF HEARING So with more instigation than answers, let’s talk about race. 10 in 15. #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY ROBERT MADEIRA #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves “If you would stop talking aboutrace, racism wouldn’t be a problem.” “You are a racist because you talk about race.” AVOIDANCE PHOTO BY ROBERT MADEIRA #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY DARWINBELL #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves “Race is a social construct”STAGNATION BY SEMANTICS PHOTO BY DARWINBELL #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY DIONNEHARTNETT #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves“I know what it’s like to be Asian.”PRIVILEGE and ROMANTICIZING PHOTO BY DIONNEHARTNETT #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY FURIOUSGEORGE81 #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY FURIOUSGEORGE81“But, I don’t see you as Asian”COLOR-BLINDNESS AND THE RACIAL MIDDLE #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves 1920’S, CENTRAL VALLEY, CA #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves “But it’s so much better then it used to be.” GENERATIONAL LAURELS andINSTITUTIONAL JUSTIFICATION 1920’S, CENTRAL VALLEY, CA #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY STÉFAN #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY STÉFAN“White people are being discriminated against now too, so . . .” POWER and PERSPECTIVE #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves ILLUSTRATION BY LLOYD MARCUS #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves“You always play the race card.” WHITE GUILT ILLUSTRATION BY LLOYD MARCUS #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Things We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY JACKHEART #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

Things We Tell Ourselves“We need at least one brown person.” TOKENISM PHOTO BY JACKHEART #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves Photo by geodanny #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

What We Tell Ourselves “We can’t force diversity”THE SIN OF OPEN SOURCE Photo by geodanny #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

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What We Tell Ourselves PHOTO BY KKOSHY“We must be a ‘multicultural’ church.” COMMODIFYING and CO-OPTING #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

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Are we STILLTalking about race?Bruce Reyes-Chow Wild Goose Festival West 2012 PHOTO BY ERICCONSTANTINEAU #WILDGOOSE12 | @BREYESCHOW

10 Unhelpful Things We Say About Race

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