I Bring the Voices of my People

I Bring the Voices of my People A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation Chanequa Walker-Barnes; foreword by Lisa Sharon HarperEerdmans, 2019ISBN 9780802877208 Softcover, 280 pp.5.4 X 8.4 X 0.8 inches | 0.75 pounds Disrupting the racist and sexist biases in conversations on reconciliation Chanequa Walker-Barnes offers a compelling argument that the Christian racial reconciliation movement is incapable of responding to modern-day racism. She demonstrates how reconciliation's roots in the evangelical, male-centered Promise Keepers' movement has resulted in a patriarchal and largely symbolic effort, focused upon improving relationships between men from various racial-ethnic groups. Walker-Barnes argues that highlighting the voices of women of color is critical to developing any genuine efforts toward reconciliation. Drawing upon intersectionality theory and critical race studies, she demonstrates how living at the intersection of racism and sexism exposes women of color to unique exper