A Follow-Up on the Conversation

If you missed my first blog post, let me catch you up. My recently published book, Racism: Can We Listen, Learn, and Live Together?, is now available on Amazon, accompanied by a website, becomingantiracist.org. Together, they create a space for dialogue and exploration around the persistent issue of racism in our society.

This website isn’t just a platform—it’s an invitation. An invitation to discuss, reflect, and challenge the realities of racism that touch every corner of our lives. Sadly, racism still thrives in our country, often unnoticed by many of us who live as white Americans. Why? Because whiteness is the unexamined norm for so many of us.

We walk through life as white people—working, worshiping, shopping, and existing in spaces where whiteness is simply assumed. It’s a lens we rarely question. Statements like, “Why can’t they just be like us?” reveal an ignorance born of privilege. The idea that assimilation is the ultimate goal dismisses the history, pain, and resilience of those who have endured life in a society designed to marginalize them.

Our country often labels itself as a “Christian nation,” but let’s ask: is it truly Christian in its values of love, inclusion, and justice? Many Americans do not identify as Christian, and their faiths and cultures enrich our society with diversity and differing perspectives. Yet, white Christian norms dominate our social, cultural, and institutional systems, often to the exclusion of others.

This is why I created this website and wrote this book—not to provide all the answers but to spark discussion, raise awareness, and invite us all to engage in the lifelong process of becoming antiracist.

If you’re ready to reflect, learn, and grow, I invite you to join the conversation. Let’s work together to create a society where understanding, empathy, and equity replace ignorance and division.

For more, read my book:
Racism: Can We Listen, Learn, and Live Together?
And visit: becomingantiracist.org

Let’s keep the conversation going.

Sincerely,
Dr. Gordon Griffin