<![CDATA[Okay, that sounds bad. It sounds like I'm saying that Facebook is a racist place, which is bad because Facebook is filled with all manner of people, many of whom are not racist, and plus… it's not even a place. Although that makes me think of this R-rated Chappelle’s Show sketch imagining if the internet were…

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<![CDATA[Okay, so this piece may sound like I'm trying to criticize Lecrae, so before I go any further, let me offer a few disclaimers.   I like Lecrae.   I really, really like Lecrae.   As an artist, as a person — as far as I can tell — he seems to be the real deal.   I…

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<![CDATA[So it just hit the news today that businessman Bruce Levenson has voluntarily agreed to sell his ownership stake in the Atlanta Hawks in response to an internal NBA investigation over a racially insensitive email he sent to Hawks staffers in 2012 — which he voluntarily disclosed to the league office himself in July. Now, I’ve seen and…

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<![CDATA[Life is full of irony. For example, one of my favorite worship musicians that I respect tremendously, happens to serve the congregation of a church led by a pastor that I have very little respect for. Because they are both very prominent personalities, and because their ministries are often recontextualized for purposes that extend far beyond…

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<![CDATA[Okay, so let me be up front about something. Many of my pieces originate with me ranting about something that annoys me, and this is no exception. It's hard to write this without coming off as self-serving, because on a basic level, this is about me being annoyed with people who are passive-aggressive. I've often heard it…

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