Mike Brown

Men of Color, especially Black men, have historically been coded as animalistic abusers and r*pists when it comes to white women. This stems from the idea that Men of Color literally want to steal and sully the belongings of white men. In turn, it becomes the “duty” of white men to protect white women — not because they truly care about white women, but because white women are the property of white men.

Yeah, sure, okay, Berkeley protestors, #AllLivesMatter—but not all lives are on the line.

In the aftermath of Ferguson, thinkers of color have been vocal in calling out the white Christian establishment (me) for its inaction.

Bearing witness to Oakland's protest against anti-black police violence the day Eric Garner's murderer went un-indicted.

Ferguson is a feminist issue—for all of us.

Some are calling the judicial process for unarmed black teen Mike Brown "fraught." We have a different "f" word in mind.

What we’re seeing is a country—our own little U.S. of A—grappling with a lengthy and sordid history of racism, questions of civil liberties, and myriad lives senselessly taken.