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Read more about the article S6 E13 | How a Mystery Series Tells Black History with Patricia Raybon

S6 E13 | How a Mystery Series Tells Black History with Patricia Raybon

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 21, 2023
  • Post category:Podcast/Privilege and Race
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What is casual racism? How did a non-fiction writer end up writing a mystery series? Author Patricia Raybon talks with Amy Julia Becker about faith and “casual racism,” Black history…

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Read more about the article The Insidious Racism of Assimilation
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The Insidious Racism of Assimilation

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 21, 2022
  • Post category:Healing/Privilege and Race
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Assimilation is an insidious form of racism and sexism and ableism and all the other isms.  It’s subtle, because it comes in the form of an invitation, not an explicit…

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Read more about the article New Haven Racial History Tour

New Haven Racial History Tour

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 12, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Privilege and Race
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We’ve traveled down south with our kids to learn the history of racial injustice there. But how do we narrate the reality of northern complicity in racial injustice?  We started…

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Read more about the article The Link-Up (April/May 2022)

The Link-Up (April/May 2022)

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 24, 2022
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Here are my top 5 recommendations of what to read or listen to from the past month that I shared in my monthly update (you can subscribe to the updates…

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Read more about the article A Glimpse of Hope for Healing the Wounds of Racism
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A Glimpse of Hope for Healing the Wounds of Racism

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 20, 2022
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I’ve struggled a bit this past week to understand how much the Buffalo shooting should be understood in a wider context of racism in the United States. Esau McCaulley’s essay…

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Read more about the article The Problem of Insidious White Supremacy
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The Problem of Insidious White Supremacy

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 18, 2022
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At church on Sunday, we prayed for the families of the victims of last weekend’s horrific and racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, NY. In our small, predominantly white, New England…

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Read more about the article Teaching Our Children What We Are FOR

Teaching Our Children What We Are FOR

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 13, 2022
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Eboo Patel’s essay for the New York Times Tuesday reminded me that I want to teach our kids what we are FOR as a family. So we support restrictions on…

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Read more about the article S5 E12 | Racism: Can Learning History Bring Healing? with Lisa Sharon Harper

S5 E12 | Racism: Can Learning History Bring Healing? with Lisa Sharon Harper

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 8, 2022
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 Learning the history of enslavement and racism illuminates the path to repentance and repair. Lisa Sharon Harper, leading faith and race activist and author of Fortune, looks at the power…

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Read more about the article S5 E10 | How Kids Can Fight Racism with Dr. Jemar Tisby

S5 E10 | How Kids Can Fight Racism with Dr. Jemar Tisby

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 11, 2022
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Can our children really make a difference in the fight against racism? Dr. Jemar Tisby, author of How to Fight Racism Young Reader’s Edition, talks with Amy Julia Becker about…

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Read more about the article Ten-Book Giveaway: Racism, Privilege, Social Healing, and Faith

Ten-Book Giveaway: Racism, Privilege, Social Healing, and Faith

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 23, 2021
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I've teamed up with some awesome authors for a TEN-BOOK giveaway! You can win all TEN of these books, which are all about privilege, racism, social healing, and faith (if…

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