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Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace
by Osheta Moore
In Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace, Osheta Moore models what it could look like to truly be a peacemaker, to come alongside white people where they are, encourage and nudge them, and motivate them to grow and change.
Moore is quick to affirm and build up, to offer friendship and kindness, and to use that foundation to speak frankly and remind us of our charge as Christians. She speaks how she uses Jesus's relationships as an example of how she herself chooses to live and pulls lessons from the Sermon on the Mount.
Moore pulls frequent stories from her life, some of which she knows show her at her weakest, as she admits the difficult lessons and experiences. Such transparency, though, helps humanize her and offers practical lessons and reveals that we can indeed trust her and her words. Also included is an open letter Moore wrote to/about Rachel Held Evans to commend the impact Rachel had in showing up and modeling to her community how to keep learning and changing.
This exploration requires a fine balance: "I want to be angry at the systems and I want to disrupt those systems in direct action like Jesus, but I never, ever want to weaponize my anger towards others." How do we enact change? How do we ensure it's not just performative but genuine and true?
This contribution is a solid addition to recent antiracist works, particularly to those in faith communities.
(I received a digital ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.)
Moore is quick to affirm and build up, to offer friendship and kindness, and to use that foundation to speak frankly and remind us of our charge as Christians. She speaks how she uses Jesus's relationships as an example of how she herself chooses to live and pulls lessons from the Sermon on the Mount.
Moore pulls frequent stories from her life, some of which she knows show her at her weakest, as she admits the difficult lessons and experiences. Such transparency, though, helps humanize her and offers practical lessons and reveals that we can indeed trust her and her words. Also included is an open letter Moore wrote to/about Rachel Held Evans to commend the impact Rachel had in showing up and modeling to her community how to keep learning and changing.
This exploration requires a fine balance: "I want to be angry at the systems and I want to disrupt those systems in direct action like Jesus, but I never, ever want to weaponize my anger towards others." How do we enact change? How do we ensure it's not just performative but genuine and true?
This contribution is a solid addition to recent antiracist works, particularly to those in faith communities.
(I received a digital ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.)