Get educated/ Resources
JUST STARTING TO THINK ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA? WONDERING IF IT WOULD JUST BE BETTER IF WE WERE ALL “COLORBLIND”? START HERE!
WEBSITES, VIDEOS, PODCASTS
- Understanding Racism 101 by RUN’s Equipping the Church Community Team
- Joint sermon series from Calvary & Unity from Feb 2019
- Cultural-Awareness-Self-Assessment from Dr. Harold Lewis
- I’m Still Here (Interview with Austin Channing Brown)
- Just Mercy film about Bryan Stevenson
- White Awake (Interview with Daniel Hill)
- Undivided Series (JD Greear & Dhati Lewis)
ARTICLES AND BOOKS
- All-American Boys (Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely)
- Disunity in Christ (Christena Cleveland)
- Let Justice Roll Down (John M. Perkins)
- Small Great Things (Jodi Picoult)
- Trouble I’ve Seen (Drew Hart)
- Waking Up White (Debby Irving)
- Walking While Black (Garnette Cadogan)
- Woke Church (Eric Mason)
- Financial Literacy for Black Community (Rachel Christian)
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO FIX RACISM IN AMERICA? WHAT DO PEOPLE MEAN WHEN THEY USE TERMS SUCH AS “STRUCTURAL”, “INSTITUTIONAL”, OR “SYSTEMIC” WHEN DISCUSSING RACISM?
WEBSITES, VIDEOS, PODCASTS
- Me and White Supremacy (Interview with Layla Saad)
- Well-Meaning White People (Smartest Person in the Room Podcast)
- White Fragility (Interview with Robin DiAngelo)
- Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Interview with Beverly Daniel Tatum)
- Nice White Parents (Podcast by Serial, a New York Times Company)
ARTICLES AND BOOKS
- The Color of Compromise (Jemar Tisby)
- Divided by Faith (Michael O. Emerson & Christian Smith)
- The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
- Tears We Cannot Stop (Michael Eric Dyson)
- The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
- White Rage (Carol Anderson)
ARE YOU READY TO DO THE WORK TO BECOME ANTI-RACIST?
WEBSITES, VIDEOS, PODCASTS
- A Decade of Watching Black People Die (NPR Code Switch podcast)
- Embrace Race website
- Equal Justice Initiative
- So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
- 13th (Ava DuVernay)
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
ARTICLES AND BOOKS
- Advocates (Dhati Lewis)
- Be the Bridge (LaTasha Morrison)
- How to be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
- The Myth of Equality (Ken Wytsma)
- Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Science (Derald Wing Sue)