Not So Black and White: An Invitation to Honest Conversations about Race and Faith

As seen on Good Morning America!

Reggie Dabbs and John Driver--a Black man and a white man, and longtime friends--engage in a courageous, respectfully honest, challenging exploration of racism in America, including how Black and white Christians can come together to fight the evils of racism within our hearts and our systems, including our churches.

White privilege. Black Lives Matter. George Floyd. When it comes to racism in America, many of us feel confused, overwhelmed, angry--and eager to know how to engage in meaningful conversations and actions surrounding such a difficult topic. In Not So Black and White, public school communicator and internationally acclaimed speaker Reggie Dabbs and pastor John Driver team up to offer a hope-filled, convicting, inspiring look at how to be anti-racist in America today.

Through Reggie and John's honest conversations, you will:

  • Hear the stories of fellow believers who have found ways to reach across the racial barrier with humility, empathy, and forgiveness
  • Understand a simple yet robust history of racism in America and in the church, including its role in systems, policies, and individual actions
  • Discover fully biblical yet culturally wise responses to the challenges of racism in yourself and your community
  • Come away with fresh thought processes and practical steps for what you can do to think rightly and engage bravely in conversations and actions to end racism

Not So Black and White is a compelling resource for pastors, teachers, and community leaders who want to read about issues of racism from a biblical and a historical perspective. For readers of all denominations and backgrounds, Not So Black and White equips us to engage together in the intentional work of dismantling racism, just as the gospel calls us to do.

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Not So Black and White: An Invitation to Honest Conversations about Race and Faith

As seen on Good Morning America!

Reggie Dabbs and John Driver--a Black man and a white man, and longtime friends--engage in a courageous, respectfully honest, challenging exploration of racism in America, including how Black and white Christians can come together to fight the evils of racism within our hearts and our systems, including our churches.

White privilege. Black Lives Matter. George Floyd. When it comes to racism in America, many of us feel confused, overwhelmed, angry--and eager to know how to engage in meaningful conversations and actions surrounding such a difficult topic. In Not So Black and White, public school communicator and internationally acclaimed speaker Reggie Dabbs and pastor John Driver team up to offer a hope-filled, convicting, inspiring look at how to be anti-racist in America today.

Through Reggie and John's honest conversations, you will:

  • Hear the stories of fellow believers who have found ways to reach across the racial barrier with humility, empathy, and forgiveness
  • Understand a simple yet robust history of racism in America and in the church, including its role in systems, policies, and individual actions
  • Discover fully biblical yet culturally wise responses to the challenges of racism in yourself and your community
  • Come away with fresh thought processes and practical steps for what you can do to think rightly and engage bravely in conversations and actions to end racism

Not So Black and White is a compelling resource for pastors, teachers, and community leaders who want to read about issues of racism from a biblical and a historical perspective. For readers of all denominations and backgrounds, Not So Black and White equips us to engage together in the intentional work of dismantling racism, just as the gospel calls us to do.

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As seen on Good Morning America!

Reggie Dabbs and John Driver--a Black man and a white man, and longtime friends--engage in a courageous, respectfully honest, challenging exploration of racism in America, including how Black and white Christians can come together to fight the evils of racism within our hearts and our systems, including our churches.

White privilege. Black Lives Matter. George Floyd. When it comes to racism in America, many of us feel confused, overwhelmed, angry--and eager to know how to engage in meaningful conversations and actions surrounding such a difficult topic. In Not So Black and White, public school communicator and internationally acclaimed speaker Reggie Dabbs and pastor John Driver team up to offer a hope-filled, convicting, inspiring look at how to be anti-racist in America today.

Through Reggie and John's honest conversations, you will:

  • Hear the stories of fellow believers who have found ways to reach across the racial barrier with humility, empathy, and forgiveness
  • Understand a simple yet robust history of racism in America and in the church, including its role in systems, policies, and individual actions
  • Discover fully biblical yet culturally wise responses to the challenges of racism in yourself and your community
  • Come away with fresh thought processes and practical steps for what you can do to think rightly and engage bravely in conversations and actions to end racism

Not So Black and White is a compelling resource for pastors, teachers, and community leaders who want to read about issues of racism from a biblical and a historical perspective. For readers of all denominations and backgrounds, Not So Black and White equips us to engage together in the intentional work of dismantling racism, just as the gospel calls us to do.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780310363422
Publisher: Zondervan
Publication date: 10/12/2021
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishing
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Reggie Dabbs has been one of the most sought-after public school and event speakers in the United States and around the world for more than two decades. From professional athletes and stay-at-home moms to high school students, Reggie shares his own astonishing story of tragedy, redemption, and hope with millions of people each year. An acclaimed saxophonist, Reggie lives in Fort Myers with Michelle, his wife of thirty years. They have one adult son, Dominic.


John Driver, M.S. is an award-winning writer and collaborator of more than twenty-five books. A former teacher with a history degree from the University of Tennessee, he lives near Nashville with his wife, Laura, and their daughter, Sadie. He serves as the executive and teaching pastor at The Church at Pleasant Grove and hosts the weekly podcast Talk About That.

Table of Contents

An Invitation to Honest Conversations about Race and Faith 1

Part 1 Evaluating Our Own Ways of Thinking

1 Looking Where We've Slipped 19

2 A Twenty-Dollar Life 42

3 A White Christian Moderate 61

4 When Was the Last Time You Changed Your Mind? 82

5 Getting Past the Idea of Getting Over the Past 101

Part 2 Taking Historical and Theological Inventories

6 Language, Laws, and Legacy 127

7 The Historical Legacy of Slavery in the Church and the Nation 146

8 Rewriting History 163

9 White Privilege and the Liberal Bogeyman 186

10 When God and Country Don't Go Together 199

11 Dangerous Radicals and Fatal Extremes 216

12 Systemic Racism in the Modern Age 231

13 A Time to Lament and Lean Forward Together 244

Acknowledgments 265

Notes 268

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