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Race and Reconciliation

2008-09-01 Political Science
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Release : 2008-09-01
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Book Synopsis Race and Reconciliation by : John B. Hatch

Download or read book Race and Reconciliation written by John B. Hatch. This book was released on 2008-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this enlightening and insightful monograph, John B. Hatch analyzes various public discourses that have attempted to address the racialized legacy of slavery, from West Africa to the United States, and in doing so, proposes a rhetorical theory of reconciliation. Recognizing the impact both of religious traditions and modern social values on the dialogue of reconciliation, Hatch examines these influences in tandem with contemporary critical race theory. Hatch explores the social-psychological and ethical challenges of racial reconciliation in light of work by Mark McPhail, Kenneth Burke, Paul Ricoeur, and others. He then develops his own framework for understanding reconciliation_both as the recovery of a coherent ethical grammar and as a process of rhetorical interaction and hermeneutic reorientation through apology, forgiveness, reparations, symbolic healing, and related genres of reparative action. What emerges from this work is a profound vision for the prospects of meaningful redress and reconciliation in American race relations.

The Price of Racial Reconciliation

2009-07-09 Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Price of Racial Reconciliation by : Ronald Walters

Download or read book The Price of Racial Reconciliation written by Ronald Walters. This book was released on 2009-07-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In The Price of Racial Reconciliation, Ronald Walters offers an abundance of riches. This book provides an extraordinarily comprehensive and persuasive set of arguments for reparations, and will be the lens through which meaningful opportunities for reconciliation are viewed in the future. If this book does not lead to the success of the reparations movement, nothing will.” —Charles J. Ogletree, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Harvard Law School “The Price of Racial Reconciliation is a seminal study of comparative histories and race(ism) in the formation of state structures that prefigure(d) socioeconomic positions of Black peoples in South Africa and the United States. The scholarship is meticulous in brilliantly constructed analysis of the politics of memory, reparations as an immutable principle of justice, imperative for nonracial(ist) democracy, and a regime of racial reconciliation.” —James Turner, Professor of African and African American Studies and Founder, Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University “A fascinating and pathbreaking analysis of the attempt at racial reconciliation in South Africa which asks if that model is relevant to the contemporary American racial dilemma. An engaging multidisciplinary approach relevant to philosophy, sociology, history, and political science.” —William Strickland, Associate Professor of Political Science, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst The issue of reparations in America provokes a lot of interest, but the public debate usually occurs at the level of historical accounting: “Who owes what for slavery?” This book attempts to get past that question to address racial restitution within the framework of larger societal interests. For example, the answer to the “why reparations?” question is more than the moral of payment for an injustice done in the past. Ronald Walters suggests that, insofar as the impact of slavery is still very much with us today and has been reinforced by forms of postslavery oppression, the objective of racial harmony will be disrupted unless it is recognized with the solemnity and amelioration it deserves. The author concludes that the grand narrative of black oppression in the United States—which contains the past and present summary of the black experience—prevents racial reconciliation as long as some substantial form of racial restitution is not seriously considered. This is “the price” of reconciliation. The method for achieving this finding is grounded in comparative politics, where the analyses of institutions and political behaviors are standard approaches. The author presents the conceptual difficulties involved in the project of racial reconciliation by comparing South African Truth and Reconciliation and the demand for reparations in the United States. Ronald Walters is Distinguished Leadership Scholar and Director, African American Leadership Program and Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland.

Racial Reconciliation

2009-09 Race
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Release : 2009-09
Genre : Race
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Book Synopsis Racial Reconciliation by : Ransey R. O'Daniel

Download or read book Racial Reconciliation written by Ransey R. O'Daniel. This book was released on 2009-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if all the races of the world could live peacefully in ultimate equality? This would be the product of true racial reconciliation, the premise explored Dr. Ransey R. O'Daniel in Racial Reconciliation: Does America Really Want It. Written from the perspective of the average African-American, years of bad race relations taken into account, O'Daniel writes an in depth and convicting thesis about the effects of racial inequality and stereotyping which advocates a peaceful and equal reconciliation between all the races. From issues as blatant as racial segregation to more subliminal forms of exclusion, Racial Reconciliation will inspire readers to take a deeper look at race relations in their community and encourage everyone to overcome prejudice and erase the bitter taste left by years of discord between the eclectic group of people living in America. Author Ransey R. O'Daniel is a pastor of Christ Baptist Church of Eastern Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Science at Lane College in Jackon, Tennessee, his Master of Divinity degree at Morehouse School of Religion in Atlanta, Georgia, and his Doctor of Ministry degree at Howard University School of Divinity in Washington D.C. He is a proponent of peaceful reconciliation between races and hopes to change the racial climate through his written works.

Advocates

2019-06-01 Religion
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Release : 2019-06-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Advocates by : Dhati Lewis

Download or read book Advocates written by Dhati Lewis. This book was released on 2019-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A slave runs away from his master. A mutual friend steps in to mediate between the two of them. Can there be healing in such a scarred relationship? In the face of such a daunting breach, is reconciliation (not to what was, but to what God designed) even possible? This is the situation faced in the book of Philemon. From this short New Testament letter, pastor and author Dhati Lewis (Among Wolves) unpacks key principles that Paul applied to being an advocate in the midst of division. The divisions of our day don’t look the same as Paul’s, but the principles are timeless. In 2 Corinthians 5, God commissioned us to be his ambassadors and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. Whether we’re engaging in issues of politics, ethnicity, or religious beliefs, our heart posture should be one of an advocate set on reconciliation. The problem is, too many of us approach difficult conversations with the heart of an aggravator. Aggravators sometimes look like they are pursuing good things, but their heart is not toward reconciliation. Any motive less than reconciliation falls short of the desires of God’s heart. We need godly advocates in every sphere of life. This book will specifically apply these principles to issues of ethnic division. Are you willing to call any division caused by discrimination, prejudice, or racism a sin? Do you want to grow in your ability to navigate tense and emotional conversations about ethnic divisions? Are you ready to become an advocate?

Race and Reconciliation in America

2009-06-16 Social Science
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Release : 2009-06-16
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Book Synopsis Race and Reconciliation in America by : William S. Cohen

Download or read book Race and Reconciliation in America written by William S. Cohen. This book was released on 2009-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all. While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years_including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State_it's clear that our journey to a post-racial era is far from complete. In virtually every measurable category, whether income levels, job opportunities, access to health care, life expectancy, high school diplomas, incarceration rates, do not fare well compared to their white counterparts. The dialogue entitled Race and Reconciliation in America was convened to provide a forum for a long overdue, open, honest, and constructive discussion among people of good will about the need for the American people to truly grasp the depth of past misdeeds, why the legacies of past oppression persist, and how we can achieve a more fair and just society embodied in the American Dream.

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