A radio ( @grnonline) using the name of Our Lady of Guadalupe cancels @gloria_purvis Morning Glory show because of her recent episode on racism, I. Kid. You. Not. 1/ https://twitter.com/claireswinarski/status/1276282364881223682
Guadalupe, who scholars & pastoral leaders have described “as a powerful mother & intercessor, a brown-skinned woman who provided continuity with an ancient Nahua worship site at Tepeyac,” is being used as the name of a radio station that is silencing discussions on racism 2/
As others have mentioned, racism is not simply an individual sin, but it extends beyond the individual towards the communal/institutional. Systemic racism exists, and here’s yet another example of it 3/
Those who were upset with the firing of LGBT employees from Catholic parochial schools ought to be equally upset here...4/4