Silencing White Noise
Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race

Name: Silencing White Noise
Brand: Christianaudio
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Author: Willie Dwayne Francois III
ISBN: 9781545921159

Author: Willie Dwayne Francois III

Narrator: Willie Dwayne Francois III

Unabridged: 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Christian Audio

Published: 08/16/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Social Issues, Social Science, Race & Ethnic Relations

Synopsis

Racism is omnipresent in American life, both public and private. We are immersed in what prominent Black church leader Willie Dwayne Francois III calls white noise—the racist speech, ideas, and policies that lull us into inaction on racial justice. White noise masks racial realities and prevents constructive responses to microaggressions, structural inequality, and overt interpersonal racism.

In this book, Francois calls people of all racial backgrounds to take up practices that overcome silence and inaction on race and that advance racial repair. Drawing from his anti-racism curriculum, the Public Love Organizing and Training (PLOT) Project, Francois encourages us to move from a "colorblind" stance and mythic innocence to one that takes an honest account of our national history and acknowledges our complicity in racism as a prelude to anti-racist interventions.

Weaving together personal narrative, theology, and history, this book invites us to engage six "rhythms of reparative intercession." These are six practices of anti-racism that aim to repair harm by speaking up and "acting up" on behalf of others. Silencing White Noise offers concrete ways to help people wrest free from the dangers of racism and to develop lifelong Christian anti-racist practices.

About Willie Dwayne Francois III

Willie Dwayne Francois III is senior pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Pleasantville, New Jersey, and president of the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality. He serves as assistant professor of liberation theology at New York Theological Seminary and directs a master's degree program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He created the Public Love Organizing and Training Project and has served in various organizations engaging racial justice issues, including the Atlantic City chapter of Black Lives Matter, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, and the NJ Department of State's MLK Jr. Commission. Francois is an active speaker and has written for HuffPost, Sojourners, The Hill, the Christian Century, and Religion Dispatches.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josh on October 22, 2022

There have been droves of books on antiracism, both for the general market and specifically designed for the Christian market. Silencing White Noise is the latter, written by Willie Francois III, president of the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality. Dr. Francois is an assistant professor of......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on March 29, 2022

To start, I just want to say I am very grateful to Dr. Francois for writing this book and even more grateful that I have gotten a chance to read and review it before it is published. I don't believe it should be the job of people who are most harmed by systemic racism to be the ones to educate us ab......more

Goodreads review by Matt on January 09, 2023

The subtitle is Six Practices To Overcome Our Inaction On Race and I found the focus on practices to be extremely helpful. I’ve been heavily invested in the ‘books about anti-racism’ genre for the past couple of years and I’m finding myself at a point where I’m realizing I need to read less about an......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on February 21, 2023

A very dense book with many concepts to ruminate on. I like the Christian point of view but it can be read and taken to heart by anyone. A call to action, not to sit on the sidelines but to engage and actively participate. I can see how many would be put off by this book and ones like it if you were......more

Goodreads review by Dawn on February 26, 2023

Silencing White Noise Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race by Willie Dwayne Francois III 197 Pages Publisher: Baker Academic & Brazos Press, Brazos Press Release Date: August 16, 2022 Nonfiction, Multicultural, Christian, Racial, Racism The book is divided into the following chapters Chapter 1:......more