Anti-Racism Resources
Arapaho UMC has a robust Missions and Justice ministry and community presence, including an initiative called Journey Toward Racial Justice. These are some of the resources we have found helpful in our ongoing efforts to be an antiracist, justice-oriented community.
Recommended Books
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
How to Be an Anti Racist by Dr. Ibram Kendi
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Beyond Colorblind: Redeeming Our Ethnic Journey by Sara Shin
Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up by Kathy Khang
Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God by Kaitlin B. Curtice
Unsettling Truths: The On-Going, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Film/Television
When They See Us (Netflix)
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality (HBO online)
Just Mercy (film 2019)
13th (Netflix)
Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix)
White Savior: Racism in the American Church (Amazon)
Selma
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Hate U Give
Harriet
Watch/Listen
To A Sermon
