Racial Justice & Equity

RESOURCES

ARTICLES

• Brittany J. Harris, A Point of View: 5 Things Black People Don’t Owe While Coping with Being Black in America. The Inclusion Solution, May 28, 2020.

BOOKS

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates

• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

• Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh PhD LPC 

  • ​read by Westwood Staff and the Racial Equity Team​

• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

  • read by Westwood Staff and the Racial Equity Team​​

DOCUMENTARIES & FILMS

​​DOCUMENTARIES

• 13th - Netflix

• Jim Crow of the North - TPT Original*

• White Savior: Racism in the American Church - Amazon Prime*

​FILMS

• Emanuel*

• Just Mercy*

  • discussion questions​

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* each of these has been a part of a congregational, equity team, or staff study

DOCUMENTS

• Anti-Racism Resources for White People

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• Confession, Forgiveness, and Call To Action

  • This piece of liturgy was written by the youth at Westwood and was used in our worship services during Lent 2019 and Lent 2020. You are welcome to use it in your worship services with credit to the youth at Westwood Lutheran Church.​​

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• Our Call as Christians by Dr. Darrell Jodock

  • This summary of our calling was distributed by Dr. Darrell Jodock during his April 14 concluding presentation in the Lent 2019 speaker series "Who is My Neighbor? Conversations About Race." The summary was revised slightly on April 6, 2020, after the Lent 2020 speaker series.  ​

PODCASTS

• Seeing White Podcast​

  • Study guide: http://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/seeing-white-study-guide/

  • A group of Westwood members listened to and discussed the podcast “Seeing White” over the course of summer 2019. We highly recommend it (and its excellent study guide) to any person wanting to learn more about the history of race, specifically the creation of whiteness, in this country.