By Their Strange Fruit: Blog

At By Their Strange Fruit (BTSF), our mission is to facilitate justice and understanding across racial divides by offering essays, resources, and forums for discussion, in a manner that is accessible and respectful to all involved.

We strive to increase the visibly of healthy and holy racial discussion, and to attempt to educate in a manner that may forestall hurtful statements of ignorance that often impede interracial discussion. In particular, we strive to be an open space for white folk (and others traditionally in roles of privilege) to ask tough questions, learn our racial history, gain an understanding of systematic injustice, and to become empowered agents for change, both within ourselves and for our communities.

By approaching racial justice and reconciliation from a Christ-minded perspective, we access the relational model that Jesus sets forth, and gain an understanding of the greater impact for the Kingdom that is at stake. We recognize that racial brokenness hinders our witness to the world, and is counter to God's will for His people. Therefore, we hope in God's promises for a redeemed and reconciled world and rejoice in the opportunity to participate in their fruition.