A Broken Seat at the Table:
Conversations about Race, Resilience,
and Building Bridges
In A Broken Seat at the Table: Conversations about Race, Resilience, and Building Bridges, Eddy Paul Thomas reflects on more than 30 years of hard conversations, challenging situations, and personal experiences with institutional racism. The combination of failed and successful attempts at racial reconciliation and restorative justice serve as inspirations for building bridges and less debate on the way forward by examining the truth regarding our nation's original sin.
After working on the frontlines, at the intersections of mercy ministry, racial reconciliation, human rights, and education for just over two decades, Thomas' A Broken Seat at the Table provides the reader hope for a path forward as well as insightful ways to disrupt and dismantle systemic issues that plague people of color in the United States.
Table of Contents
1. School Daze
2. Ok...On Second Thought
3. Equanimity
4. Herding the Scapegoats
5. Can I Kick It?
6. The Golden Negro
7. The Armor We Carry
8. Detox and Recovery
9. Blindsided
10. Thin Blue Lines
10. Potholes in my Lawn
11. A Son, Some Band-Aids, and a Socket Wrench
12. The Gifts of Failure
13. The End is Just the Beginning
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