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San Leandro Church of Christ
Welcoming ALL people into a life with Jesus
Resources
to Help Us Listen and Learn about Racial Justice
The resources on this page are collected for your consideration, and to perhaps challenge your thinking. Some contain differing viewpoints, and may look at various aspects of our society differently from each other. Investigate the material with an open mind and heart, ready to listen to some ideas that may challenge you. Finally, we pray that this will lead you to find ways to act that demonstrate compassion and understanding, so we can reverse the tide of injustice.
We believe that this is what God wants us to do.
Listening Summits
The San Leandro Church of Christ hosted two “Listening Summits for Racial Justice” in June 2020. We heard from both black and white community members as well as speakers from law enforcement, education, and local government. In addition to listening to others’ stories, we heard about action steps that we all can do to advance racial justice in our society.
Our first Summit was held June 14, 2020. Below is an audio recording. (There was a technical difficulty with the video recording.)
Listening Summit 1 6-14-2020
00:00 / 1:39:31
Our second Summit was held June 28, 2020. Below is the video recording.
Resources
Here is a list of books, links, and other material to consider:
Books
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
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How To Be An AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rosthstein
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Eerie Silence: Race/Racism Explored Across Educational, Theological, and Justice Continuums Amidst America and Beyond by Ammar Saheli
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The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby
(These are non-affilate Amazon links)
Links
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The 1619 Project - Collection of essays in New York Times Magazine
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The 1619 Project Podcast - Audio series from New York Times Magazine
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White Fragility - Lecture by Dr. Robin DiAngelo via YouTube
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Allies in Action: A Bay Area Conversation - Special presentation by ABC 7, on YouTube
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How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time - TED Talk by Baratunde Thurston in April 2019
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What is white privilege? - Video on BBC's Twitter by John Amaechi psychologist and former NBA player, August 4, 2020
Netflix (search for these if you have an account)
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"Black Lives Matter" collection
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"When They See Us," directed by Ava Duvernay
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