Race and Faith in America: Eugene Scott and Ekemini Uwan

In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting two brilliant thinkers on the state of race in America, and how a faith angle fits into that. Ekemini Uwan is a writer, public theologian, and activist who hosts the excellent podcast Truth’s Table. She co-wrote a book by that title, featuring Black women’s musings on life, love, and liberation. Joining Ekemini is Eugene Scott, who has been a prior guest journalist on Faith Angle’s podcast, and is currently the senior politics reporter at Axios.

 

Sixty years after the March on Washington and MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech, how are we doing? At the outset of an election year, this conversation dives straight into that question—with signs of some real progress and signs of much, much work yet ahead.

 

Guests

Ekemini Uwan

Eugene Scott 

 

Additional Resources 

Truth's Table Podcast Series, co-hosted by Ekemini Uwan and Christina Edmondson 

Truth's Table: Black Women's Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation, by Ekemini Uwan and Christina Edmondson 

"How Toni Morrison's words pierced me, as a black Christian female writer," by Ekemini Uwan

"Black Florida lawmakers blast DeSantis over AP African American studies," by Eugene Scott 

"Black lawmakers push Congress to do more on police reform," by Eugene Scott