black lives matter

“Shouldn't this be about the pandemic?”: blurred subject boundaries at the edges of history (COVID-19 blog no. 20)

“Shouldn't this be about the pandemic?”: blurred subject boundaries at the edges of history (COVID-19 blog no. 20)

The death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the iconic scene of Edward Colston toppling into the river in a satisfying parallel to the slaves thrown overboard from his ships to drown in the Atlantic are pressing. They have their own force, which compels us to talk about them.

The pandemic within the pandemic: Why Black Lives Matter in the Body of Christ (COVID-19 blog no. 11)

The pandemic within the pandemic: Why Black Lives Matter in the Body of Christ (COVID-19 blog no. 11)

It is clear that racism is the pandemic within the pandemic, which was once held at the inarticulate level or the politically unconscious level for the most part, but has now come to the fore. The whole world is waking up to the reality of racism, and there is a renewed desire for anti-racist action.