Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

Back to All Resources Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehreneich As a Mathew 25 church one of the things we have agreed to work towards is eradicating systemic poverty.  While cleaning out my bookshelves recently, I got the chance to revisit some great books.  One of those...
Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates

Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates

Back to All Resources Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. This book does as good a job explaining reconstruction, white supremacy, and the Jim Crow South as any longer, deeper book I have read. It is...
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

Back to All Resources White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo I like this book very much. It is kind of a manual for white people written by a white woman. I have read and heard mixed reviews on the book but I...
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

Back to All Resources Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi This is a difficult book to plow through and is an excellent book group choice to read and discuss chapter by chapter. It helps the reader understand...
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Back to All Resources How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi This book will help people understand how to be an antiracist. This is a book with a title that clearly states what this book is about. It is a short book, not too difficult to plow through. If you decide...