FRONT MATTER

The Forgiveness Mirror Excerpt

Preface Excerpt

Introduction (Who Am I?) Excerpt

A darker side of white

Am I – the We?

Writing the wrongs

Racist seeds still growing

The expert on racists – Me?

Guilty as charged?

 

PART I

Infant Souls of Clay

 1. The Canvas of Hate Excerpt

Bedded in hate?

Under the covers – racist hate?

The snoring of indifference

White slavery unimagined

“All we want is make us free”

When all we are – is not equal

The quiet roar of hate?

2. The Palette of Lies Excerpt

The right to be racist?

The politics of being racist?

Religiously racist

Racism still working

Racism under law

Reforming racism

A new era singing “Let it be”

 3. The Colors of Ignorance  Excerpt

  Whites’ here place, blacks’ there place

The violent species is our own

No black child is a child of mine

My child, your child – our child

Social stigmas and negative conditioning

Playing God with human value

4. The Painter’s Race

The brush of Spirit – the pen of Man

The race of all races

The Prodigal Father

 

PART II

Saint Francis Prayer of Assisi

 

5. The Art Form of Love

The past, present and future of love

Blending colors – black and white

Landscapes in the colors of Love

Genuine Love – an act of God?

6. The Artwork of Healing

Healing – the art of war?

Healing – the art of courage?

Sketching out our racist beliefs

Healing – the art of Forgiveness?

Forgiveness and amazing grace

Forgiveness – a broader meaning

Forgiveness – The equation in black & white

7. The Curator’s of Humanity

Humanity on display

Time to restore the portrait – one-by-one?

As Parts we’re different, as a Whole the same

Seeing the damage through one’s own eye

Repairing the marks with one’s own heart

Unveiling Forgiveness – at last we ask

Forgiveness on Display

Acknowledgments

 

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