{"product_id":"deconstructing-racism-a-path-toward-lasting-change-9781506470115","title":"Deconstructing Racism: A Path Toward Lasting Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbara Crain Major and Joseph Barndt bring ninety combined years of experience as community organizers, teachers, and anti-racism trainers in community and church settings to this book. In \u003ci\u003eDeconstructing Racism, \u003c\/i\u003ethey propose the deconstruction of racism's roots within systems and institutions that have been created, both structurally and legally, to serve white people. The authors propose that the deconstruction of racism must take place through the reconstruction of these systems and institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors seek to unmask the complexities of racism and the invisible patterns that keep it in place. There is no quick fix, but they believe racism can be deconstructed and undone. In order to do this, they identify and address race-based identity, history, and cultural issues rooted in current systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree chapters specifically address societal systems and provide anti-racism strategies for community organizers. Three chapters address racism as rooted in systems in the church and challenge people of faith to seek racial healing through understanding, honest confession, true reconciliation, and reconstructed church institutions. A final chapter outlines a way forward to and through a new era of anti-racist reconstruction. This way forward includes a new anti-racist mission statement, a new model of decision-making power, and new processes for accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506470115","brand":"Barbara Crain Major, Joseph Barndt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506199892149,"sku":"9781506470115","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5106b1d1-c720-4338-a982-c0ada352ef99.jpg?v=1668526597","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/deconstructing-racism-a-path-toward-lasting-change-9781506470115","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}