The myth of equality : uncovering the roots of injustice and privilege

Wytsma, Ken, author.

Book 2017

It's clear that issues of race and equality have come to the forefront in our nation's consciousness. Every week yet another incident involving racial tension splashes across headlines and dominates our news feeds. But it's not easy to unpack the origins of these tensions, and perhaps we wonder whether any of these issues really has anything to do with us.Ken Wytsma, founder of the Justice Conference, understands these questions. He has gone thro...

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Christianity and justice

Equality Religious aspects Christianity

Racism United States

United States Race relations

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ISBN:

9780830844821

Description:

216 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

The story of race
America's white standard: a nation of (European) immigrants
When the world became racist: color in the western tradition
Stolen labor
How our cities got their shape: the Great Migration, redlining, and the roots of modern segregation
Equality and the kingdom of God
The aristocratic itch
Does justice belong in our gospel conversation?
The salvation industrial complex
A short look at American individualism
The challenge of privilege
When racism went underground: implicit racial bias and the stories that hide within us
The voice of justice
Finding ourselves in the other

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2246338

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