Race and Renovation of the Heart Resources for White Beginners

Our racial story is a part of who we are and therefore a part of our spiritual formation.

Over the last several years I have been going through a reckoning and renovation. A reckoning as it relates to understanding our national family of origin story and the impact it has had on our brothers and sisters of color, and a renovation of my heart as it relates to my own ignorance, biases and brokenness.

I have a heart for beginners in this area.

If you have desire and curiosity but don't know where to start, below are some of the resources that have helped to re-form my way of being on the journey so far that might be helpful for you as well!

Books

• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

• The Color of Life: A Journey of Love and Racial Justice by Cara Meredith

• America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America by Jim Wallis

• Be the Bridge by LaTasha Morrison

• Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

• Can We Have the Conversation? A Spiritual Multicultural Approach to Racial Reconciliation by Brenda Darby

• Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church by Barbara Holmes

Podcasts/Blogs/Social Media

• Osheta Moore

• Global Immersion Project

• Be the Bridge

• How to Be an Antiracist (Podcast with Brene Brown with Ibram X. Kendi)

• Generational Racism: Using the Genogram to See It and Slay It (Podcast by Pete Scazerro)

Videos

• Uncomfortable Convos with Emmanuel Ancho (9-12 minutes)

• James Corden Gets a Lesson on White Privilege (5 minutes)

• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (1 hour 30 minutes)

• Race and the Church Part I and Part II with Christine Caine and Anita Phillips (30 minutes each)

• How Do We Get Beneath the Surface of Racism? Pete Scazerro (10 minutes)

Movies and TV Shows

• Mixed-ish (TV)

• Black-ish (TV)

• Hidden Figures

• Just Mercy