Posts Tagged ‘barber’
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December 1st, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“In our country, we really lack the depth of relationship to be able to ask hard questions,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. “We want to answer harder questions that people may not have the relationships to be able to ask.”
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September 11th, 2014 | Church & Community, Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“85% of [non-profit] boards are made up of white males,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. “Meaning, that is the predominate culture making decisions for people of color, predominately, because about 52% of the missions and the work of non-profits are to communities of color.” Because of the lack […]
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September 11th, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
Many people find it difficult to believe that black people are truly treated differently by police; they are left wondering whether the boys who are pulled over or approached by police have made choices of dress, appearance, or behavior that arouse suspicion. “My son, who is a college student, who is big, who has many […]
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September 11th, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“Profiling [occurs because] the officer has the right to pull over a car or a pedestrian because they pose a threat. And that threat can be posed – in the officer’s mind – simply based on the color of skin,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. “So, a black […]
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September 11th, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“My daughter doesn’t offer the same ‘threat’ that my sons offer to a police officer,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. “I have three sons. If all three of them were in a car, they would be [perceived by society as] a problem.”
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September 11th, 2014 | Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“‘The Talk’ in the African American community, for our boys, is if they get pulled over or approached by police, don’t escalate the situation, answer questions the officer asks you, keep your hands where they can be seen, and get out of that situation alive,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word […]
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September 11th, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“’The Talk’ has happened throughout my boys’ lives,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. Leroy has had to coach his boys their whole lives on exiting situations with police quickly and without causing any friction, whether they are in the right or not.
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September 11th, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“At the end of the day, we all are dependent on the cross,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. Grace is ultimately the key to achieving diversity, grace for people we don’t understand, grace for people that hurt us, and grace for ourselves as we grapple with these weighty […]
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September 11th, 2014 | Christian Living, Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
“Read some books by people of color,” says Leroy Barber, Author and Global Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. Getting outside of our perspective requires intentionally reading, watching, and listening to people who are not like us. “Something as simple as that will help start the education process.”
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September 11th, 2014 | Current Affairs, Politics & Contemporary Issues, Justice & Ethics, Leroy Barber
There were two things happening in Ferguson: a family and community were in mourning, and the town had also become a flashpoint for the national history of racism experienced by people of color at the hands of police. “People are marching for more than just the Brown family, although we want to make sure we […]
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