His book tours have become town hall meetings.
It’s almost unavoidable because he talks about race and white privilege.
The Rev. Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners and author of "America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America," will participate in a community discussion of the book and the issues it raises at 7 p.m. Monday (April 4) at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 400 Auburn Ave.
It comes on the 48th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Participants include Elizabeth Corrie, associate professor, Emory University, Candler School of Theology, and director, Youth Theological Initiative; Robert Franklin, James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership, Emory University, Candler School of Theology; Qu’Ran Shakir, principal, Mohammed Schools; and Bishop Robert C. Wright, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.
His book is stimulating a lot of conversation.
Wallis calls on white Christians to act more like Christians. It’s not just about saying you’re sorry or hanging your head, he said. It’s about “turning around and going in a new direction.”
White privilege, he said, must also be “confronted by white people.”
For instance, many African-Americans have had the talk with their children about how to behave around police with a gun. “Very few white parents have had to have that conversation.”
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