Yale University Library Research Guides: Resources for Racial Justice: Race & Identity

Ethnic Identity

After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging by Willie James Jennings In this inaugural volume of the Theological Education between the Times series, Willie James Jennings shares the insights gained from his extensive experience in theological education.
Free at Last?: The Gospel in the African-American Experience by Carl F. Ellis In this classic historical and cultural study, Carl Ellis offers an in-depth assessment of the state of African American freedom and dignity. Ellis examines elements of Black culture and offers a distinct perspective on how God is active in culture more broadly.
Mixed Blessing: Embracing the Fullness of Your Multiethnic identity by Chandra Crane Explores what Scripture and history teach us about ethnicity and how we can bring all of ourselves to our sense of identity and calling. Discover the fullness of who you are. Find out how your mixed identity can be a blessing to yourself and to the world around you.

I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation by Chanequa Walker-Barnes Disrupting the racist and sexist biases in conversations on reconciliation, Chanequa Walker-Barnes offers a compelling argument that the Christian racial reconciliation movement is incapable of responding to modern-day racism.
Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope by Jasmine L. Holmes In Mother to Son, Jasmine Holmes shares a series of powerful letters to her young son. These are about her journey as an African American Christian and what she wants her son to know as he grows and approaches the world as a black man.
Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color by Khristi Lauren Adams Introduces readers to the resilience, struggle, and hope held within these stories. Instead of relegating these young women of color to the margins, Adams bring their stories front and center where they belong.