Angloamerican christians developed a colorized vocabulary to talk about race & secure their own privilege. While eurocentric empires demonized, terrorized, enslaved & stole from Indigenous peoples around the world, White supremacy was celebrated with white Jesuses made in the image of Light. White Quakers – 99% of all quakers at the time – participated in this racialized color hierarchy of White as Light as Right for over 300 years. Today we ask, where is color balance in Friends’ contemporary vocabulary?Is there sacred knowledge in darkness? – good in blackness? How do we balance the moral associations with Light & Dark with quakers of all shades & tone, and refine our words so that Light is not a White Being of Might & Right? We’d like to hear what Friends of Colors & theist & nontheist Friends think.
Join us to explore light & dark terminology among Friends, for 90 minutes
sunday 4 may
11pm utc / 7pm eastern / 6pm central /
5pm mountain / 4pm pacific / 2pm hawaii
Free / on zoom
Register online by 3 may • forms.gle/zCKeLn3XuJUFPkHq9
sponsored by Nontheist Quakers
nontheistquakers.org
Documents:
colorism-in-Light-4may-flyer.pdf
Quaker Light Terminology.pdf
Presenters:
Nontheist Friends Center, FGC Gathering 2024