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A Prophet, Priest, Pastor, and Poet Walk into a Movement: Bruce Reyes-Chow@breyeschow

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BruceReyes-ChowPastor’s Kid

Eighties Kid

Diverse HS

Tech Transition

Law Track

BruceReyes-ChowSan Francisco

Dog Walker

Soccer Dad

A’s Fanatic

Coffee Drinker

BruceReyes-ChowPastor

Speaker

Author

Consultant

FORMATIVEHISTORYChinese Exclusion Act (1965)

Miscegenation Laws (1967)

Farmworkers Strikes (1965)

RACE AND CULTUREStar Wars

#whitewashedout

Cheerios

HIMYM

#NotYourMascot

RACE AND POLITICSEmpty Chair

#blacklivesmatter

Police Shootings

#sayhername

Immigration

We all have assumptions.

Here are mine.

ASSUMPTIONSbrc assumptions

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The church must not only be a safe place to talk about race, it must also be a place where the complex beauty of the created is yearned for and made real.

THE CHURCHbrc assumptions


Multiculturalism will always and only be window dressing unless the culture is intentionally, excruciatingly, and consistently diverse.

MULTICULTURALbrc assumptions


The examination of racism cannot be done in the absence of also examining the realities of

sexism, homophobia,transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, classism,etc.

INTERSECTIONALbrc assumptions


Work around race that is whole and just is aspirational,big picture, and systematic.

It is also concrete, specific, and personal.

THE JOURNEYbrc assumptions


Pretending that a problem doesn’t exist doesn’t mean that the problem doesn’t exist.

AVOIDANCEbrc assumptions

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Privilege allows us choose to avoid

talking about race.

Conversations about race only easier by

having more of them.

We miss out on the possibilities that may

be on the other side of the tensions when we don’t talk about race.

PRIVILEGE brc assumptions


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We assume relationships will break if we have hard conversations.

We fear that we may not be heard, believed, or understood.

The more we talk, the more likely that we might change in our beliefs and/or behavior.

FEARbrc assumptions


Relationships are strengthened through moving through conflict.

Our understanding and experience of the world is expanded.

We gain a broader understanding of God’s hopes and intentions for us and the world.

POSSIBILITIESbrc assumptions


As with most difficult conversations, our

initial reaction is to find ways not to have

them well.

NOOOOOOOOO!having the

conversations


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One person's being “politically correct” or “too sensitive” is another person's remembering that words have power and can impact others more than one knows.

WE DISMISShaving the conversations


We use our “intentions” as a way to deny or minimize our impact.

WE DENYhaving the conversations


When we strip anyone of their humanity, we do damage to the body as a whole.

WE DEHUMANIZEhaving the conversations


We fetishize and observe as spectacle instances of racism allowing us to distance ourselves from the repercussions of racism.

WE FETISHIZEhaving the conversations


We romanticize youth culture in a way that leads to abdicating our role in raising up the next generation of justice seekers.

WE ROMANTICIZEhaving the conversations


We are patronizing and condescending towards newly realized justice seekers -- often in order to hold onto power, status, and wealth.

WE PATRONIZEhaving the conversations


In an effort to show solidarity we shift focus away from those impacted and re-center the focus on us.

WE DE-CENTERhaving the conversations


“...the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning.” ‘60

“...a riot is the language of the unheard. The Other America” ‘68

“...many among you are more concerned about making a living than making a life. ‘56

WE DILUTEhaving the conversations


We believe that there is only one way, one strategy, one approach;— mine.

WE INFIGHThaving the conversations


We must not only confront social injustice, but we must embrace the idea that we each get there differently.

A FIRST STEPWays of jesus


From rigidly defined ways of being and doing to fluid and broad understandings of engagement.

A FIRST STEPWays of jesus


ProphetPriestPastorPoet

FOUR-FOLDWays of jesus


ACTIVIST

INSTIGATOR

TELLER OF TRUTH

Descriptions?

Actions?

Affirmations?

Critiques?

Examples?

PROPHETWays of jesus


ACADEMIC

RITUALIST

TENDER OF THE SPIRIT

Descriptions?

Actions?

Affirmations?

Critiques?

Examples?

PRIESTWays of jesus


RELATOR

CURATOR

CONVENER OF VOICES

Descriptions?

Actions?

Affirmations?

Critiques?

Examples?

PASTORWays of jesus


ARTIST

CREATOR

INSPIRER OF DREAMS

Descriptions?

Actions?

Affirmations?

Critiques?

Examples?

POETWays of jesus


QuestionsCommentsMusings


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