These are the slides that I used for my Pecha Kucha presentation at Phyllis Tickle's Emergence Christianity Event in Memphis, TN - January 10-12, 2013. These are a snap shot from my book, "WORDS MATTER: Curating Healthy Space for Helpful Conversations About Race"

1. Words Matter
Curating Healthy Space for Helpful
Conversations About Race
Bruce Reyes-Chow
Emergence Christianity 2013
PHOTO BY ERICCONSTANTINEAU
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2. The 11 o’clock Hour
"IT IS APPALLING THAT THE MOST
SEGREGATED HOUR OF CHRISTIAN
AMERICA IS ELEVEN O'CLOCK ON
SUNDAY MORNING."
MLK
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3. Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Gentile,
ETHNICITY
neither slave nor free,
ECONOMICS
neither male nor female,
GENDER
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
POWER, JUSTICE AND INCLUSION
Photo by Kalexanderson
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4. Acts 2:6
WHEN THEY HEARD THIS SOUND, A
CROWD CAME TOGETHER IN
BEWILDERMENT, BECAUSE EACH ONE
HEARD THEIR OWN LANGUAGE BEING
SPOKEN.
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5. The Words We Use
AWKWARD
UNCOMFORTABLE
OFFENSIVE
DID HE JUST SAY THAT?
DID I JUST SAY THAT?
BRC SELF-PORTRAIT - 1970’S
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6. The Words We Use
“NO, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?”
PHOTO BY GRAFIXER
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7. The Words We Use
“IF YOU WOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT
RACE, RACISM WOULDN’T BE A
PROBLEM.”
PHOTO BY ROBERT MADEIRA
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8. The Words We Use
“DON’T BE SO SENSITIVE.”
PHOTO BY PINKSHERBET
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9. The Words We Use
“RACE IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT.”
PHOTO BY GEODANNY
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10. The Words We Use
“BUT IT’S SO MUCH BETTER THEN IT
USED TO BE.”
1920’S, CENTRAL VALLEY, CA
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11. The Words We Use
PHOTO BY FURIOUSGEORGE81
“WE NEED AT LEAST ONE.”
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12. The Words We Use
“WHY DO YOU ALWAYS SIT TOGETHER?”
ILLUSTRATION BY CHARAMELODY
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13. The Words We Use
“I DON’T SEE YOU AS ASIAN.”
PHOTO BY POPILOP
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14. The Words We Use
PHOTO BY ESPN
“ASIAN IS IN.”
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15. The Words We Use
PHOTO BY DEMOTIVATIONAL POSTERS
“YOU ALL LOOK THE SAME.”
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16. The Words We Use
PHIL DUNFY - MODERN FAMILY
“YOUR ENGLISH IS REALLY GOOD.”
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17. The Words We Use
“DO YOU KNOW MARTIAL ARTS?”
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18. The Words We Use
PHOTO BY STÉFAN
“IT’S NOT EASY BEING WHITE”
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19. The Words We Use
“HE SAYS IT, WHY CAN’T I?”
“WHAT’S WRONG WITH COLUMBUS?”
“MINORITIES CAN’T BE RACIST.”
“AND OUT COMES THE RACE CARD.”
“HE’S A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLACK.”
“WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU?”
“BUT YOU NEVER SHOW UP.”
“I’M NOT A RACIST, BUT...”
“THOSE PEOPLE...”
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20. Words Matter
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