The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072371JDK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 395 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Inequality and privilege are real. Every week yet another incident involving racial tension splashes across headlines and dominates our news feeds. He has gone through his own journey of understanding the underpinnings of inequality and privilege. And he helps us come to a deeper understanding both of the origins of these issues and of the reconciling role we are called to play as ministers of the Gospel. But it's not easy to unpack the origins of these tensions, and perhaps we wonder whether any of these issues really has anything to do with us. In this timely, insightful book, Wytsma unpacks what we need to know t
Racism and injustice have to be important to Christians if our faith is relevant to relationships on this side of heaven. Adam Shields Race, Injustice, Privilege and related ideas are common discussions in the political world. And that is part of the problem with discussing them inside the Christian church. Quite often our understanding of issues that have any relationship to politics are based more on our political bias and background than our Christianity. It is not that our Christianity is unimportant to our politics, but our politics matters to what we think is important within Christianity.Ken Wytsma has a very clear purpose in writing. He is a White pastor writing primarily to White Christians about race and inequality. He is doing that because he thinks that . A perfect subject for the author to tackle JunkyardWisdom When I heard another white guy was writing a book about racial issues, I rolled my eyes because we need to hear from other voices. But when I heard it was Ken Wytsma, I was relieved. And when I heard it was more specifically on white privilege, I thought it was a perfect subject for him to tackle. This is a book millions need to read, digest, and understand. You might not agree with everything, but it will make you reflect. And hopefully your heart will change as a result.. "Wyt(sma) Privilege" according to James Matichuk. Recently a friend and mentor, who is a person of color, posted on social media of a recent invitation he had to explain white privilege. To white people. My friend is a justice advocate, an activist, and well-known Christian leader. He declined the invitation to write about something he doesn't have. He decided instead to spend his creative energy supporting leaders of color instead of educating us white folk.But Ken Wytsma, on the other hand, is uniquely gifted and qualified to describe white privilege. He is a pastor in Bend, Oregon, president of Kilns College (where he lectures in philosophy), an author of several quality Christia