Here’s a useful interview with author Margaret Hagerman, who studied a series of upper middle class white families ostensibly committed to ending racism. You can tell from that adjective — “ostensibly” — that the situation is more complex than these families acknowledged.

Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of Democracy in Black, has written a compelling essay in Time Magazine which explores the challenges of living in a country which has used race since its founding as lever for power.

Here’s an eloquent and important essay, aimed at helping white people understand why there need to be spaces for people of color to engage each other, minus the “white gaze.”

This journalist’s attempt to engage recent polling led him to an interesting experience with twitter.

Many universities are encouraging their faculty, staff, and students to do shared reading. Here is Seattle University’s list of suggestions for engaging issues of diversity and inclusion during the summer of 2018.

Here’s a useful reminder of 21 things you can do today to embody respect for Native Americans.

Perhaps you’ve read James Cone’s book The Cross and the Lynching Tree? (that link is to a study guide.) Here is a very powerful version of his argument, done as a reflection on the 75th anniversary of the song Strange Fruit, which was popularized by Billie Holiday.

You can also listen to Billie Holiday’s version here:

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Here is a video reflection created by KAIROS, an ecumenical social justice group in Canada. It was created for Easter of 2018.

Come and witness first light from KAIROS Canada on Vimeo.

Joan Baez composed this song, a reflection on the shooting at Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston last year. It was then set to animation by Jeff Scher. You can read more about it at the Atlantic Magazine.

Here are a number of resources — policy statements and educational/worship pieces — pulled together from the PCUSA for engaging racism.