Anti-Racism

There are many good resources for you to learn about the work of anti-racism.
This list is not exhaustive–just books or people that I have learned from.

You can find my blog post series on things I never understood about racism here:

Introduction to the series HERE

In part 1, How our ideas about racial difference were never biological or natural, but were formed and fostered from the very birth of our nation for the purpose of consolidating privilege and power and oppressing people of color.
In part 2 About the precise definition of a racist idea.
In part 3 How racism is much more than individual prejudice, and is systemic or institutional.
In part 4: How the big lie of white supremacy shaped this country and its people

AN INTRODUCTION TO RACE & RACISM

BOOK | Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race* by Beverly Daniel Tatum VIDEO | Interview with Dr. Beverly Tatum

ARTICLE | “This is the Conversation about Race that We Need to Have Now” by Bryan Stevenson
VIDEO | The urgent need for reconciliation in the United States | Bryan Stevenson TED talk

VIDEO | Race: The Power of an Illusion (three-part series)
WEBSITE | Race: The Power of an Illusion. Companion website to the three-part documentary with excerpts of the series with articles, interviews, classroom guides, and videos.
PDF | Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race (From Race: The Power of an Illusion)

VIDEO | Allegories on race and racism | Camara Jones | TEDxEmory

BOOK | Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America* by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith VIDEO | Michael Emerson on Race and the Church

BOOK | Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther Dr. King Jr.*

VIDEO | Race in America Part 1 by Phil Vischer (of VeggieTales and the Holy Post podcast)
VIDEO | Race in America Part 2 by Phil Vischer

RACE + U.S. HISTORY

WEBSITE | Mockingbird History Lessons for Adults with Marcie Walker (Patreon subscription site)

BOOK | The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
VIDEO | The Great Migration and the power of a single decision | Isabel Wilkerson TED Talk (video)

BOOK | Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi*
BOOK | Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (version for young adults)*
VIDEO | Ibram Kendi talks about his book, Stamped from the Beginning

BOOK | Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen*

DOCUMENTARY | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.*

BOOK | The Color of Compromise: the Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby*
VIDEO | Jemar Tisby lecture at the Institute for Leadership and Service

VIDEO | Race: The Power of an Illustion (three-part series)

BOOK | Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Gates Jr., Henry Louis*

BOOK | Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah*

ARTICLES | The 1619 Project

BIBLICAL JUSTICE

BOOK | The Little Book of Biblical Justice: A Fresh Approach to the Bible’s Teaching on Justice (The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series) by Chris Marshall*

BOOK | The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right by Lisa Sharon Harper*

ARTICLE | Justice in the Bible by Timothy Keller

ON BEING WHITE

BOOK | White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White by Daniel Hill VIDEO | Interview with Daniel Hill

WEBSITE | Be the Bridge 101

BOOK | The Hidden Wound by Wendell Berry*

PODCAST SERIES | Seeing White by Scene on Radio

ARTICLE | White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

VIDEO | Seeing White Fragility

RACIAL RECONCILIATION FOR THE CHURCH

BOOK | Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison*
Be the Bridge to Racial Unity Facebook Group (this is a private FB group, but you can apply to join)
Be the Bridge (organization website)

BOOK | White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White by Daniel Hill* VIDEO | Interview with Daniel Hill

BOOK | The Little Book of Racial Healing: Coming to the Table for Truth-Telling, Liberation, and Transformation (Justice and Peacebuilding) by Thomas Norman DeWolf and Jodie Geddes*

MASS INCARCERATION

PODCASTS

Truth’s Table hosted by Michelle Higgins, Dr. Christina Edmondson and Ekemini Uwan
Midwives of Culture for Grace and Truth (built by Black women and for Black women)

Pass the Mic by the Witness Dynamic Voices For a Diverse Church

United? We Pray by Isaac Adams
taking churches’ racial struggles to the throne

Church Politics podcast from the AND Campaign
The “Church Politics” Podcast is where you can get in-depth political analysis from a Christian worldview with Justin Giboney & Chris Butler

Combing the Roots with Ally Henny “an in-depth look at the issues surrounding racism, justice, and racial healing from a black woman’s perspective“

Seeing White by Scene on Radio
“Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series, released between February and August 2017.”

The 1619 Project Podcast
An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.

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