Reckoning with Racism
How do we as members and friends of FCUCC become better informed about racism and white supremacy? How do we work toward anti-racism? These and other questions give us much to consider! Please join the Racial Justice Team (RJT) in its first church-wide education initiative by reading and reflecting with us on Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This book, written by a black man to his black adolescent son, is not an “intellectual experience,” as Horace Hunt stated in a recent RJT meeting, but a “personal experience.” It raises questions, stirs our souls, and invites insight into what it is like to be black in this country.
Our zoom discussion of this book will be held on three Sunday mornings – July 19, July 26 and August 2 – from 9am-1015am during the Sunday School hour. We encourage you to get the book and be prepared to reflect together in these coming weeks. Please read the first chapter before the first class. Asheville’s downtown bookstore, Malaprop’s, will have a few copies coming in soon.
Between the World and Me will be the first of several books the RJT encourages us to read and discuss. Later this summer/early fall, we will be reading and learning about white privilege and fragility. Please let us know if you have specific recommendations for future study.
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Our zoom discussion of this book will be held on three Sunday mornings – July 19, July 26 and August 2 – from 9am-1015am during the Sunday School hour. We encourage you to get the book and be prepared to reflect together in these coming weeks. Please read the first chapter before the first class. Asheville’s downtown bookstore, Malaprop’s, will have a few copies coming in soon.
Between the World and Me will be the first of several books the RJT encourages us to read and discuss. Later this summer/early fall, we will be reading and learning about white privilege and fragility. Please let us know if you have specific recommendations for future study.
Sign up for our newsletter for more information and links to our Sunday School classes.
