The (Un)Biased Church is a storytelling guide for multi-hued and multiethnic church communities who want to mature in empathy and compassion by exploring narratives about skin tone bias, trauma and relationships.
about / The (Un)Biased Church
Redefining the narrative on skin tone bias.
The (Un)Biased Church is mostly designed for Believers who find themselves in the “Green Zone” of skin tone bias.
Meaning, their behavioral patterns aren’t guided by apathy and hostility (“Yellow Zone”) or apathy, hostility and violence (“Red Zone”); instead, such behaviors exist due to programming, versus programming and unprocessed trauma.
Lastly, as of December 2024, Hope and Hardships classifies as a new platform. And, my mission is to pursue writing full-time. Right now, I’m not in a position to accomplish this.
So, until the day arrives when I can eat, breathe and sleep writing, I’ll aim to upload at least three essays per month.
Thank you in advance for your patience as I search for subscribers who love to read, who’ll excuse my horrible sense of humor and who’ll appreciate my insights on what it takes to become a complexion-conscious Believer in the 21st century.
The (Un)Biased Church is a story guide for church communities who want to get smart about skin tone bias.
Inspired by the second chapter of Ephesians, this resource is designed to help individuals process preferential treatment—namely, treatment favoring persons born with a beige hue—through the lens of skin tone bias, while challenging the color-centric Gospel of Segregation.
Unlike antiracism or debiasing paradigms that treat “race” as a biological fact, I have long been in the sociological camp of Dr. Carlos Hoyt, Dr. Subrena E. Smith and Dr. David L. Smith.
Therefore, I do not subscribe to the imaginary and irrational races societally known as “asian, black, brown, mixed, white,” etc.
However, I do believe that humans present differences in pigmentation and phenotype that hold zero meaning. Despite this reality, the problem of bias persists, and, it happens to disproportionately affect persons sporting my skin suit.