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Young, Gifted, and Black – Sheila Wise Rowe
“You are young, gifted and black” / We must begin to tell our young / There’s a world waiting for you / Yours is the quest that’s just begun. Nina Simone’s Civil Rights anthem To […]
Genre: Racial Reconciliation
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Recovering Racists – Idelette McVicker
Recovering Racists positions every person who is called White as a beneficiary of racism. And already the arguments begin—“Racism exists, but I’m not racist.” “It’s racist to say that all white people are racist.” “I […]
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Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism – George Yancey
In this unique, well-argued book, sociologist George Yancey pushes back against the excesses and inherent flaws in colorblindness and antiracism mindsets, arguing that we need to be able to engage in “collaborative conversations” to move […]
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Kingdom Race Theology – Tony Evans
Kingdom Race Theology: God’s Answer to Our Racial Crisis is an adapted version of Tony Evans’ larger work, Oneness Embraced. Specifically, the four chapters of this book come from chapters 10, 12, 15, and 16 […]
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How to Heal Our Racial Divide – Derwin Gray
Growing up, I thought that racism was a thing of the past. Like, I understood it was recent past. My (white) mom talked about how a Black family she babysat for in the late 70s […]
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Fortune – Lisa Sharon Harper
There have been a lot of books about the history of race in the United States. There are several good books that push back against the established whitewashed narrative of history that downplays the atrocities […]
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How To Fight Racism: Young Reader’s Edition – Jemar Tisby
Just about a year ago (in January 2021), Jemar Tisby released How to Fight Racism, a practical book filled actionable ideas to make real substantive change in one’s community. Now he’s gone back and adapted […]
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If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? – Angela Parker
More so than any book in history, the Bible and its authority has been misused and weaponized to oppress and demean. From that foundation, Black womanist theologian Angela Parker embarks on an exploration of what […]
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Reparations – Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson
Despite four hundred years of slavery, America as a system—and America as white Christian culture—have never really seriously considered reparations for the enslavement of our Black brothers and sisters. It’s been considered too late (after […]
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Dear White Peacemakers – Osheta Moore
For the past few years, I’ve sought an answer to the question of how white peacemakers, zealous for justice but new to the pursuit, could join with minority brothers and sisters in a way that […]