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Finding Racial and Counter-Cultural Harmony – Dr Carol Swain

Finding Racial and Counter-Cultural Harmony 

Family Radio’s Community Bridge interviewed Dr. Carol Swain on this topic. Dr. Swain was a University professor for 28 years,

she came to Christ in her forties and therefore is thoroughly acquainted with the ways of secular society.  

The interview is based on her new book, Counter-Cultural Living: What Jesus Has To Say About Life, Marriage, Race, Gender and Materialism. 

The following points precede the MP3 interview.  

SERMON HIGHLIGHTS [bracketed statements are mine]:

 

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Carol Swain, partial bio from Wikipedia:

Carol Miller Swain was born on March 7, 1954, in Bedford, Virginia, one of twelve children.[1][2][3][4] Her father dropped out of school in the third grade and her mother dropped out in high school.[1] Her stepfather used to physically abuse her mother, Dorothy Henderson, who is disabled due to polio.[5] Swain grew up in poverty, living in a shack without running water, and sharing two beds with her eleven siblings.[1] The second of twelve children, she did not have shoes and thus missed school whenever it snowed.[1] She did not finish high school, dropping out in ninth grade.[1][5] She moved to Roanoke with her family in the 1960s and appealed to a judge to be transferred to a foster home, which was denied. Swain instead lived with her grandmother in a trailer park.[1]

After she divorced in 1975, Swain earned a GED and worked as a cashier at McDonald’s, a door-to-door salesperson, and an assistant in a retirement facility.[1] She later earned an associate degree from Virginia Western Community College.[3][4] She went on to earn a magna cum laude B.A. in criminal justice from Roanoke College and a master’s degree in political science from Virginia Tech.[3][4] While an undergraduate at Roanoke College, she organized a scholarship fund for black students that by 2002 had an endowment of $350,000.[1] She finished a Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989.[1][3][4] In 2000, she earned a Master of Legal Studies from Yale Law School.[3][4]

Study Recommendations: 

*Refer to the Category, CRT/CT to see other posts wherein Dr. Swain spoke on CRT-related matters via video

*The following link is to Family Radio’s Community Bridge for other topics that might interest you. It is for those of the Eastern US; if it doesn’t work for you, go to Familyradio.org and select, Podcasts, Community Bridge.

 

Featured Image: From Bethepeoplenews.com

 

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