A suggested reading list for European-Americans from Rick Yorgey and others. (Sometimes, Rick calls this list “Help! I’m white and I don’t know what to do about it!”) If you are thinking about moving into a more ethnically diverse neighborhood or are exploring issues of race, diversity or justice, any one of these books would be a great resource.
The Heart of Racial Justice by Brenda Salter MacNeil and Rick Richardson
White Like Me by Tim Wise
Lifting the White Veil: An Exploration of White American Culture in a Multiracial Context by Jeff Hitchcock
Theirs Is The Kingdom by Bob Lupton
More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel by Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice (1993) [Spencer is black and Chris is white. They labored together for years in Mississippi.]
Race Manners: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans by Bruce Jacobs (1999)
Return Flight by Robert Lupton
About the need to “re-neighbor our cities.” (Ed Cvelich calls it the best book he has read on this topic.)
b2g is about connection and community. It’s about building relationship with people nearby. If you can’t find your city in the list below, try looking somewhere else.
You can find a few more resources at http://www.onestepchallenge.com/
on Tuesday