Paul Swamidass

Op-ed Contributor

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Mar 29, 2021
Cancel culture and its antithesis: John Newton’s 'Amazing Grace'
Newton said his past was blatantly selfish and racist. But he was not “cancelled,” as we know it today.
Feb 20, 2021
How CRT may corrupt our 'Good Samaritans'
Most of us agree, we must erase all racist tendencies in individuals, our systems, and our nation. But is CRT the way to do it?
Feb 11, 2021
A constructive response to CRT: The case of SBC
Educating inner-city poor children through church-schools could be a constructive, Biblical, mission-minded ministry of SBC. Such schools would be more than what CRT proponents could ask for.
Jan 27, 2021
A radical solution for inner city illiteracy and poverty
After decades of illiteracy and poverty in inner cities, should American churches treat inner cities like a foreign mission field, where missionaries built and ran tuition-less church-schools for the illiterate and the poor? Yes.
Jan 16, 2021
Elon Musk’s 'back to work' tweet: A lesson for inner-city children?
Illiterates have been flowing out of our inner city schools for decades, and their unemployment or underemployment has scarred our inner cities with signature poverty.
Oct 17, 2020
Churches could transform inner cities. Here's how
Two disturbing metrics about Baltimore city’s schools: 11 out 12 boys cannot read at grade level, and in over a dozen high schools, not one student is proficient in math