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Article: She's Fordham's black nun who knows show business: minority affairs leader sees Jesus as part actor. (Nation).
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- August 2, 2002
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Sixty-some years ago Francesca Thompson's papa taught her that if some people might think her inferior, it was only a manifestation of their ignorance. The Franciscan sister, now 70, never forgot his words.
Although she's heard horror stories from other black nuns about racism and about harassment inside religious orders, the story of discrimination has not been her story.
When she entered the asters of St. Francis of Oldenburg, Ind., 50 years ago, "I honestly thought that the sisters of my community sat up all night clapping their hands when they heard I was joining them."
During an interview at Fordham University here, she recalled her young ...