Beneath Black, White–and Brown–Skin

Laura Cadena, a fifth-generation Tejana, recalls a story about when her grandmother moved from Laredo to Dallas, Texas: “She remembers getting on a bus and the sign saying ‘Whites Only’ or ‘Blacks Only,’ and she didn’t know where...

Ten Years Later

As we drove into the cemetery, I could see through the windshield of my brother’s car the flagpole at the entrance, and the flag itself–flying at half-mast.”What a nice thing to do for Mom,” I thought. But at the same moment I realized that...

‘Beneath the Skin’ DVD Examines Baptists and Race

Aidsand Wright-Riggins expected some sort of emotional response years ago as a religious-studies major in college when he illustrated a presentation on race and religion by tearing up an Ebony magazine portrayal of Jesus as an African-American. His audience sat...