The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072371JDK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 247 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Inequality and privilege are real. Is privilege real or imagined? It's clear that issues of race and equality have come to the forefront in our nation's consciousness. Ken Wytsma, founder of The Justice Conference, understands these questions. In this timely, insightful book, Wytsma unpacks what we need to know to be grounded in conversations about today's race-related issues. Every week yet another incident involving racial tension splashes across headlines and dominates our news feeds. He has gone through his own journey of understanding the underpinnings of inequality and privilege. And we will be changed for the better as a result.. 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. And he helps us come to a deeper understanding both of the origins of these issues and of the reconciling role we are called to play as ministers of the Gospel. The Myth of Equality opens our eyes to realities we may have never realized were present in our society and world
Racism and injustice have to be important to Christians if our faith is relevant to relationships on this side of heaven. Race, Injustice, Privilege and related ideas are common discussions in the political world. And that is part of the problem with discussing them inside the Christian church. Quite often our understanding of issues that have any relationship to politics are based more on our political bias and background than our Christianity. It is not that our Christianity is unimportant to our politics, but our politics matters to what w. A perfect subject for the author to tackle When I heard another white guy was writing a book about racial issues, I rolled my eyes because we need to hear from other voices. But when I heard it was Ken Wytsma, I was relieved. And when I heard it was more specifically on white privilege, I thought it was a perfect subject for him to tackle. This is a book millions need to read, digest, and understand. You might not agree with everything, but it will make you reflect. "Wyt(sma) Privilege" according to James Matichuk. Recently a friend and mentor, who is a person of color, posted on social media of a recent invitation he had to explain white privilege. To white people. My friend is a justice advocate, an activist, and well-known Christian leader. He declined the invitation to write about something he doesn't have. He decided instead to spend his creative energy supporting leaders of color instead of educating us white folk.But Ken Wytsm