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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article Continuing the Conversation: Marilee and Ruby Bridges

Continuing the Conversation: Marilee and Ruby Bridges

  • Post published:July 8, 2020
  • Post category:Family/Podcast/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

In this week’s podcast, I interviewed all three of our kids about their experiences over the past few years of reading diverse books, traveling to museums and historic sites in…

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Read more about the article S3 Bonus | Talking with Our Kids About Race, Justice, Love, and Privilege

S3 Bonus | Talking with Our Kids About Race, Justice, Love, and Privilege

  • Post published:July 7, 2020
  • Post category:Family/Parenting/Podcast/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

How do we talk with kids about race, justice, and privilege? In this follow up to last week’s interview with Patricia Raybon, Amy Julia interviews her three children. Penny, William,…

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Read more about the article Christianity Today Essays: Racial Healing Within the Church

Christianity Today Essays: Racial Healing Within the Church

  • Post published:July 6, 2020
  • Post category:Current Events/Faith/Privilege and Race
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Six years ago, I decided to run a series of essays on my blog at Christianity Today about racial reconciliation and healing within the church. I commissioned essays from writers…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: Reckoning with Our American Identity

AJB Recommends: Reckoning with Our American Identity

  • Post published:July 4, 2020
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As Americans across the nation gather (or don’t gather, as we are in a time of global pandemic!) to celebrate the 4th of July, many of us are reflecting on…

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Read more about the article The Radical Generosity of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton

The Radical Generosity of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton

  • Post published:July 3, 2020
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Tonight at 7pm EST, Disney Plus will release a film version of the megahit Broadway musical Hamilton. Our whole family will gather in our playroom (with popcorn, candy, and anything…

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Read more about the article Uncomfortable, Beautiful, Disruptive Change

Uncomfortable, Beautiful, Disruptive Change

  • Post published:July 2, 2020
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Institutions change slowly. Individuals change slowly.  If I change my diet and exercise patterns, it takes weeks for that change to register on a scale. If I start learning a…

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Read more about the article A Black Lady Talks to a White Cop

A Black Lady Talks to a White Cop

  • Post published:July 1, 2020
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"A black lady talks to a white cop.” That was the title of the essay Patricia Raybon wrote as a guest author on my blog six years ago. She described…

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Read more about the article S3 E3 | Our Different Stories Divide Us with Patricia Raybon

S3 E3 | Our Different Stories Divide Us with Patricia Raybon

  • Post published:June 30, 2020
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How do white parents talk with their children about race and racism? Why do white evangelical and Black Christians seem so socially and politically divided? How do our different stories…

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Read more about the article Five Next Steps Toward Racial Healing

Five Next Steps Toward Racial Healing

  • Post published:June 24, 2020
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I resisted offering “action items” for white people (like me) who wanted to DO something about injustice and inequity in our nation for a long time. I didn’t want to…

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Read more about the article S3 E2 | Living into the Really Real with Micha Boyett

S3 E2 | Living into the Really Real with Micha Boyett

  • Post published:June 23, 2020
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith/Podcast/Privilege and Race
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How can we talk about race and disability without conflating the two? How can white, able-bodied, neurotypical people enter into this conversation? What is the difference between “white fragility” and…

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