The Breathing Room Podcast
Hi everybody and welcome to The Breathing Room. This is a space where people of color and faith can come together to have our lived experiences acknowledged, witness each other's journeys, and take a collective deep breath. Join Kevin Holland and others each week as we explore what being a person of color in a multi-cultural American Christian church has been and is like. These conversations will touch on the spiritual, relational, and socio-political realities that influence us and our faith communities. The goal of this podcast is that fewer of us will feel alone and unseen and that more of our stories will be understood, valued, and championed. This conversation might also help us move from awareness to action in promoting justice as Jesus and the prophets of old did. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. Isaiah 1:17 (NLT)
The Breathing Room Podcast
Tulsa Wasn’t Alone: How 60 Years of Racial Violence in the 19th & 20th Centuries Led to the Disparity, Injustice, and Inequity We Still See Today in the 21st
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Kevin Holland
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Season 1
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Episode 6
A recent Washington Post article was entitled “Tulsa isn’t the only race massacre you were never taught in school. Here are others.” The number of race massacres and hate crimes that occurred in the late 19th century and early 20th century boggle the mind. To add insult to injury, these sinister acts were covered up, hidden, and denied for decades. When you understand what really happened, the dysfunction that vexes us today makes more sense. A through line emerges. In this episode we take a look at some of this painful history in order to learn from it and hopefully forge a better future because of it.