Back during the 2020 presidential primaries, Bernie Sanders was asked for his reaction to Donald Trump calling him a Communist. He replied by saying he was Democratic Socialist, and then said, “Obviously, I’m not a Communist. Maybe President Trump doesn’t know the difference.” Okay, so what is the difference between a Communist and a Democratic…
Twenty-eight years ago, in 1993, I was in the first Peace Corps group to go into Kazakhstan, one of the former republics of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had fallen a mere 18 months before I stepped foot in Kazakhstan, so it is no exaggeration to say that my time in the Peace Corps…
Earlier this month, someone I follow on social media posted a short endorsement of Daniel Bowman Jr’s book, On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity. It didn’t say much about the book, other than basically, “Hey, great book!” Given the fact that my 10-year-old son is on the spectrum, the little blurb…
One of the books I read over the summer was Michael Heiser’s book, Demons: What the Bible Really Says About the Powers of Darkness. In many ways, it is very similar to his earlier book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. A few years ago, I wrote a short book analysis…
Twenty years ago, on the morning of September 11th, 2001, at 6:55 am pacific time, I was sleeping in my basement apartment in Langley, British Columbia. September 11th was going to be the first day of classes at Trinity Western University, where I was about to start my second master’s program, this one in the…
Earlier this summer, before I decided to take the time to read the three books I have covered in this series on critical race theory, I didn’t feel I really knew enough about it to say anything about it. I had heard a few talking heads on cable news decry it as Marxist and racist…
We now come to Part 7 of my look at Critical Race Theory, specifically my critique of the arguments in Ibram X. Kendi’s book, How to be an Antiracist. Although he is not technically a critical race theorist, it is safe to say that his book, indeed he entire outlook, is derived from the basic…
We now come to what I expect will be the final two posts of my series on Critical Race Theory. In my first three posts, I looked at the book, Critical Race Theory, and in posts 4-5, I looked at Robin DiAngelo’s book, White Fragility. My primary goal has been to clearly articulate the major…
In my last post, I articulated the main argument, claims, and terms Robin DiAngelo makes in her best-selling book, White Fragility. For reference, here are the links to Parts 1-4:Part 1: Too Hot to HandlePart 2: Storytelling and IntersectionalityPart 3: CRT Today-Is It Marxist? Part 4: A Summary of “White Fragility” Here in this post,…
Here in the next part of my series looking at critical race theory, I am going to take two posts to look at Robin DiAngelo’s best-selling book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. For reference, here are the links to Parts 1-3:Part 1: Too Hot to HandlePart 2:…