Ethnic & Race Relations, United States Studies, Civil & Human Rights, Ethnic & Minority Studies - United States, Discrimination & Prejudice
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Overview
No issue has so daunted American life and history as that of race. Joseph Barndt's powerful, personal, yet practical work reframes race and racism in a new way for a new century and offers tested ways to address it. The clearest and most practical primer on race and race relations around, this book takes specific account of our society's ongoing failure to dismantle racism, the failure of the multicultural diversity model, and the need for a deeper understanding of racism's pernicious but embedded roots.Barndt's unique book offers an historical account of racism, especially in white America, and its various personal, institutional, and cultural forms. Without demonizing anyone or any race, he also offers new, specific, positive ways m which people in all walks, including congregations, can work to bring systemic racism to an end. Also included are helpful analytical charts, definitions, bibliography, and exercises for readers, particularly to trace their own history of racism and change.
About the Author:
Joseph Barndt has been a parish pastor and an antiracism trainer and organizer for thirty years, much of the latter work being done with Crossroads Ministry, Chicago
Book Details
Published
January 12, 2009
Publisher
Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
ISBN
9781451411775