"If Reconciliation is the takeaway point for the civil rights story we usually tell, then the takeaway point for the more complex, more truthful civil rights story contained in Dear White Christians is reparations." -- from the preface to the second edition With the troubling and painful events of the last several years--from the killing of numerous unarmed Black men and women at the hands of police to the rallying of White supremacists in Charlottesville--it is clearer than ever. "If Reconciliation is the takeaway point for the civil rights story we usually tell, then the takeaway point for the more complex, more truthful civil rights story contained in Dear White Christians is reparations." -- from the preface to the second edition With the troubling and painful events of the last several years--from the killing of numerous unarmed Black men and women at the hands of police to the rallying of White supremacists in Charlottesville--it is clearer than ever
