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How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice by Jemar Tisby
4.0
Jemar Tisby, previously the author of The Color of Compromise, which addressed the role of the church as relating to racism, adds more to the timely conversation with How to Fight Racism, a guidebook with practical ways to, both personally and collectively, implement strategies and actions to address racism and racist practices.
This may look like offering suggested interview questions to collect narratives from people of color. Or an acknowledgement of how not everyone might be receptive to such initiatives, and how to frame them in a way to communicate its value. Tisby also discusses the value of how a church can address failure in their past through honesty and confession, even if none of the principal characters are still living. He also touches on how to read the Bible to glean insight into God's heart when it comes to racism, and how diverse communities offer insight and cultivate empathy (even beyond race and ethnicity, a diverse community based on geography, gender, and class can shape a faith community by offering different experiences and revelations that can challenge and change us).
For those who particularly appreciate hearing works directly from the author, Jemar Tisby narrates his own book.
I found this an informative book that adds to the conversation taking place. Particularly as some churches have questioned outright the role of Critical Race Theory, Tisby's work may be better received than other books not necessarily framed by a person of faith.
(I received a digital ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.)
This may look like offering suggested interview questions to collect narratives from people of color. Or an acknowledgement of how not everyone might be receptive to such initiatives, and how to frame them in a way to communicate its value. Tisby also discusses the value of how a church can address failure in their past through honesty and confession, even if none of the principal characters are still living. He also touches on how to read the Bible to glean insight into God's heart when it comes to racism, and how diverse communities offer insight and cultivate empathy (even beyond race and ethnicity, a diverse community based on geography, gender, and class can shape a faith community by offering different experiences and revelations that can challenge and change us).
For those who particularly appreciate hearing works directly from the author, Jemar Tisby narrates his own book.
I found this an informative book that adds to the conversation taking place. Particularly as some churches have questioned outright the role of Critical Race Theory, Tisby's work may be better received than other books not necessarily framed by a person of faith.
(I received a digital ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.)