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John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
In a startling scene that underscores the absurdity of white supremacist practices, the police officer charged the driver for driving a bus that was “too yellow.” The officer’s “reasoning” was that the bus was deceptive—too closely resembling a school bus.
Keisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
Similarly, when we as Christians today engage the civic space, we’re representatives of our Father in heaven. To properly go about our Father’s business, we must be informed about the civic process and understand the relationship between church and
Justin Giboney • Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement
from the unrestrained elements within their own group. The result has been a tendency to be their own protectors, to bulwark themselves against careless and deliberate aggression. The Negro has felt, with some justification, that the peace officer of the community provides no defense against the offending or offensive white man; and for an entirely
... See moreHoward Thurman • Jesus and the Disinherited
Most African Americans have had at least two life-altering experiences that are burned into their memory—the moment they realized they were black and the moment they realized that was a problem.
Eric Mason • Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice
The problem with the police is not that they are fascist pigs but that our country is ruled by majoritarian pigs.