Traci Blackmon, acting executive minister of UCC Justice and Witness Ministries, noted civil rights leader, gifted preacher, pastor and teacher, delivers an extremely powerful message in this call for justice for all the children of God:

For many people — especially white folk — in the US, there is a persistent amnesia, or even ignorance, of the history of racial injustice and the resistance movements seeking to overcome it. It can really help our work to dismantle racism by learning this history. Two very useful timelines are available, as a beginning “hook” to ignite interest. This one is being developed by the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama, and this one was originally created to accompany the PBS documentary “Race, the power of an illusion.”

So much has been happening in Minneapolis in the last two weeks, since the shooting of Jamar Clark. Most of us have been too busy to even think about what should be at this website. But today we want to share at least a brief glimpse of the activism locally, via the gifts of filmmaker D. A. Bullock:

This is a very helpful and concise explanation of how “gas lighting” works.

Here’s a useful essay up at Huffington Post which goes through the basic reasoning behind the assertion that “reverse racism” is not a useful or authentic claim.

Here’s a great piece that offers some useful advice to white teachers who want to resist racism in their classrooms.

Here’s a set of stunning visualizations via mapping technology of segregation in the US.

Vivian and I have often used the 1935 city planning map of Minneapolis in our dismantling racism work, and now here is the one for St. Paul, as well, along with thoughtful analysis of how transportation planning cut up vibrant and robust African-American neighborhoods.

Those of us who carry white privilege can do more to counter some of the ignorance out there. Here’s a great start!