Mathew Knowles new book, “Racism from the Eyes of a Child” Colorism, internalized racism, and the effects on our nation’s youth are all trending topics. Young people or some people don’t like embracing their color. And light skin vs. dark skin has always been an issue in the black community. It’s a necessary dialogue about a generation-old taboo and its traumatic after effects.
Music mogul Mathew Knowles has sparked the conversation with his new book, Racism from the Eyes of a Child, which uses the underpinnings of his memoir, growing up in the 50’s-70’s, as a backdrop to lessons about America’s most segregated era.
Join Host Tracy L. Bell at 6:30 p.m. EST on “Conversations Of A Sistah” via blog talk radio, as she sit down in our studios with Mathew Knowles about his newly released book and the discussion it has sparked on social media.
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Religion, particularly Christianity, has played an outsize role in African American history. While most Africans brought to the New World to be slaves were not Christians when they arrived, many of them and their descendants embraced Christianity, finding comfort in the Biblical message of spiritual equality and deliverance. In post-Civil War America, a burgeoning black church played a key role strengthening African American communities and in providing key support to the civil rights movement. African Americans have been faithful to Christianity, yet endured so much and some ask the question, why didn’t God stop the suffering of His people?
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