Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker S4 E15 | Reparations: Imagining Ways to Repair and Restore with Duke Kwon and Greg Thompson
Why should Christians in particular participate in the work of reparations? Duke Kwon and Greg Thompson, the co-authors of Reparations, talk with Amy Julia about white supremacy, the harms and thefts of centuries of racism, and the imaginative, beautiful, restoring work of reparations. (scroll down for book giveaway!)
Show Notes:
Duke L. Kwon is the lead pastor at Grace Meridian Hill in Washington, DC, and Gregory Thompson is a pastor and the executive director of Voices Underground. They are the co-authors of Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair.
Connect online:
Twitter: @dukekwondc and @_wgthompson
Instagram: @dukekwondc, @gregory__thompson, @reparations_project
Voices Underground: vuproject.org
On the Podcast:
- Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Love Is Stronger Than Fear episode with David Swanson
- The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum
- #justicedeposits
- Reparations in Tulsa, OK
- HBO: True Justice
“If we understand racism for what it really is, the harms go far beyond personal relationships. They go deeper, they go longer, they go wider, and for centuries.” - Duke
“We are calling people not simply as white people to engage in the work of reparations...We’re calling the Christian church—everyone who bears not whiteness per se but everyone who bears the name of Christ—because the Church itself as a community, as a corporate entity, was complicit in, and actually active perpetrators of, the evils of white supremacy.” Duke
"Could it be true that our theological tradition actually invites us to [the work of reparations]?” Greg
“…we invented education, markets, city planning—I’m not worried about our creativity once we start asking questions. What I’m worried about is our resistance to asking questions.” Greg
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