Product Description: Whether we are conscious of it or not, we fear difference. That often unwarranted fear leads us to create enemies in our hearts and minds - and fear was no stranger to Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, as confessed by Pastor Nibs Stroupe: ""We have listened to one another's stories here, and we have discovered that the people we feared, those monsters we thought would destroy us - because of different skin colors, different genders, different sexual orientations, different economic categories - they are really our sisters and brothers, the folks for whom our hearts long...read more

Product Description: Stroupe shows how and why race continues to entrap all Americans in its grip. He maintains that acknowledging the power of the race system throughout society--in our schools, courts, prisons and housing--is the necessary first step to dismantling it...read more