Can “White” People Be Saved: Reflections on Missions and Whiteness with Willie James Jennings
The Fuller Missiology Lectures is an annual conference held by the School of Intercultural Studies. Its 2017 theme, “Race, Theology, and Mission,” considered the issue of race through a multicultural lens. Willie Jennings, associate professor of systematic theology and Africana studies at Yale Divinity School, discusses “whiteness” as a sociocultural framework in which missions developed and imperialized the locations on which it descended, and offers a way to uncouple Christian faith from whiteness by means of a theology of place.
Recommended by Maria Markman; Director of Children’s Ministries
The Urgency of Intersectionality with Kimberle Crenshaw
Now more than ever, it’s important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias — and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term “intersectionality” to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you’re standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you’re likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.
Recommended by Maria Markman; Director of Children’s Ministries
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Recommended by Kristi Larson; Director of Youth and Family Ministries
Emmanuel Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform on racism, system racism, social injustice, rioting & the hurt African Americans are feeling today.
“Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, is a safe place to have the uncomfortable conversations about race that many white people have never been able to have. But enough is enough- I want to remove the barriers for why we’ve never had these conversations. I want to provide a free space for curious white people to answer the questions they’ve always had but have been too nervous to ask. Like, “How can I have white privilege if I’m not wealthy?”, or “is racial profiling ok if black people tend to commit more crimes”, or my personal favorite from a 19-year-old girl from rural Alabama named Amy who asked, “if black people can say the ‘N’ word, why can’t I?” And many, many more.”
Episode 2: Featuring Matthew McConaughey
Episode 3: Featuring Chip & Joanna Gaines
Episode 4: Questions and Answers from Viewers
Episode 5: Featuring Rachel Lindsay, Bryan Abasolo, Lindsey Vonn & PK
Future Episodes can be found at : https://uncomfortableconvos.com/
Atlantic contributing editor Ibram X. Kendi discusses his book, How to Be an Antiracist, shining a light on the state of racism in America and what we can do about it. October 1, 2019
Known for her “blue-eyed, brown-eyed” experiment, where she ran her class as though the children with brown eyes were superior to children with blue eyes, educator Jane Elliott has spent the last 50 years fighting racism.
We need to talk about race. Why are people angry? Why so upset? Didn’t we elect a black president? Pass civil rights laws? Isn’t racism illegal now? Three years ago my brother Rob and I co-taught a class that discussed issues of racial injustice. That class turned into a popular podcast episode, which we’ve now turned into this video. Why are people still angry? Let’s take a look at race in America…
A Series of Videos Produced by the New York Times of Conversations With Real People About Race
In this short documentary, parents reveal their struggles with telling their black sons that they may be targets of racial profiling by the police; March 18. 2015
Produced by: Geeta Gandbhir and Blair Foster
Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1R5rf9u
This short documentary features interviews with white people on the challenges of talking about race; July 9, 2015
Produced by: Michèle Stephenson and Blair Foster
Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1R5rf9u
In this short documentary, young black men explain the particular challenges they face growing up in America; May 8, 2015
Black women talk about the multilayers of race and the culture of being a black women in America. They talk about racism and stereotypes that they face every day; December 3, 2015
Full Length Films and Documentaries
After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. One of his first cases is that of Walter McMillian, who is sentenced to die in 1987 for the murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite evidence proving his innocence. In the years that follow, Stevenson encounters racism and legal and political maneuverings as he tirelessly fights for McMillian’s life. Rated PG-13
2017 documentary film streaming for free on Amazon or $0.99 on YouTube
Rated PG-13
Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay’s examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country’s history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America. Rated TV-MA
Full Length Documentary Available via Netflix and Youtube
What more? Here are some additional videos
- What Dark-Skinned People Will Never Tell You
- What Happens When I Try to Talk Race with White People
- Three Myths about Racism | Candis Watts Smith | TEDxPSU
- How to Talk to Kids About Race
- A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
- The Myth of Race, Debunked in 3 Minutes
- Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race
Please note: The thoughts and opinions regarding political figures made in any of the resources listed above or by their contributors are their opinion and are not an attempt to push a political agenda by Grace Lutheran or to be partisan in any way.
