Table of Contents
Preface: Learning the Language and Lessons of Ubuntu ix
Introduction: Why We Are All Africans 1
Part 1 The Ten Obstacles to Racial Healing 15
Chapter 1 The Teaching of Hatred 17
Chapter 2 Racial Classification 29
Chapter 3 Profiling 38
Chapter 4 Mutual Distrust 48
Chapter 5 Black Bigotry 57
Chapter 6 Dehumantzation 65
Chapter 7 The Church and White Supremacy 74
Chapter 8 Lack of Empathy 86
Chapter 9 The Myth That Blacks and Whites Are Monolithic 90
Chapter 10 Self-Segregation: American Apartheid 102
Part 2 The Ten Principles of Ubuntu: The Keys to Racial Healing 113
Chapter 11 Empathy: Listening Instead of Labeling 115
Chapter 12 Compromise: Talking to the Enemy 127
Chapter 13 Learning: The Power of Education 140
Chapter 14 Nonviolence: The Key to Social Change 153
Chapter 15 Change: Even Racists Can Be Transformed 161
Chapter 16 Forgiveness: The Pathway to Healing 173
Chapter 17 Restorative Justice: Saving the Future 185
Chapter 18 Love: Healing through Agape 201
Chapter 19 Spirituality: The Instrument of Our Common Humanity 216
Chapter 20 Hope: Rebirth of the American Dream 229
Epilogue 238
Acknowledgments 251
About the Author 252