Table of Contents

Prologue: A Note to the Reader from David
1. The Start of a Conversation
2. What Is Racism?
3. Can We Ever Eliminate Racism and Attain Reconciliation?
4. Why Are Blacks So Angry?
5. Is Another Civil War Coming?
6. Why Is Everything a Racial Issue with Blacks?
7. Equality in What and For Whom?
8. Why Do I Have to Call You "African-American"?
9. What Is African American Culture?
10. Is Black English Okay?
11. How Do You React to Public Incidents of Racism?
12. Where Am I on the Continuum of Racial Reconciliation?
13. Who Should Apologize?
14. When Should We Forgive?
15. Reconciliation Begins
Epilogue: A Note to the Reader from Brent
Appendix A: Study Questions and Suggestions
Appendix B: Articles Cited in Letters
Suggested Reading

About the Author

David Anderson is the senior pastor of Bridgeway Community Church, a multicultural congregation located in Columbia, Maryland. He is president of a consulting and resource organization called the BridgeLeader Network and a professor of cultural diversity at the University of Phoenix. Anderson received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Moody Bible Institute and is currently a doctoral candidate at Oxford Graduate School. Brent Zuercher is a CPA and received his undergraduate degree from Southwest Baptist University and his master's degree from DePaul University. He lives in the Chicago suburbs.