Press Toward The Mark Publications
Christian apologetic books (books that defend the faith) that focus on racism, sexism, chauvinism, slavery, and sexuality.
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The aim of "Racism, The Bible, and The American Dream (Subtitled, "From Slavery to Obama: A Frank Discussion, from a Christian Perspective, on Racial Discrimination in America, and its effect on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness") is to dispel any misconception that the Bible condones racism, to better enlighten the public about the seriousness of institutional racism that exists in America against minorities today, to encourage more people to speak out against racism when the opportunity arises within their circles, and to redirect, as many as possible, those who misuse the Bible as a weapon to justify racial hatred. A comprehensive history on racial discrimination is included (see Table of Contents below).
Racism, The Bible, and The American Dream is winner of the 2011 National Indie Excellence Book Award in Social Change and winner of the 2012 International Book Award in African American Studies.
The book is currently out of print but is available from third party sellers on Amazon, eBay, and other online book sellers (see information below)
Publication Date: November 2010
Price: $17.95
Pages: 380
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"Racism, The Bible, and The American Dream" was put out of print in May of 2018 but can still be ordered via Amazon.com. See information and links below.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
RACE AND RACISM DEFINED …1
WHAT RACE IS ….1
WHY RACE IS …. 2
RACISM DEFINED…4
Individual Racism…7
Institutional / Structural / Systematic racism…8
Active Racism…………9
Passive Racism…….10
Scientific / Ideological Racism….10
Reverse or Reactionary Racism….10
Religious Racism….11
Minority Racism….. 11
Horizontal Racism………12
CHAPTER SUMMATION…..12
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CHAPTER 2
THE RISE OF RACISM IN AMERICA…14
IT BEGAN WITH THE “INDIANS” …14
THE ADVENT OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA…16
The Civil War….18
The Making of the United States Constitution….20
The Amendments to the Constitution…22
The Thirteenth Amendment….24
The Fourteenth Amendment……25
The Fifteenth Amendment….27
THE BIRTH OF “WHITE AMERICA” AND “BLACK AMERICA”…29
White America………..29
Black America…………….30
Who’s white and who’s not…30
CHAPTER SUMMATION…34
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CHAPTER 3
A HISTORY OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICA………….36
EARLY CHINESE IMMIGRANT DISCRIMINATION…36
JIM CROW….39
Reconstruction and Redemption….40
Segregation under Jim Crow…41
Education under Jim Crow: Brown vs. the Board of Education…42
“Passing” under Jim Crow…45
Interracial marriage under Jim Crow…45
The O.J. Simpson double murder trial verdict….50
The Robert Blake murder trial verdict……51
Housing discrimination under Jim Crow…….52
THE KU KLUX KLAN….53
The lynching of blacks and other minorities in America…56
CHAPTER SUMMATION……60
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CHAPTER 4
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA….61
The Emmet Till murder…..61
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr……..62
The Montgomery Bus Boycott…….63
Little Rock Central High……64
The Woolworths lunch counter sit-ins….65
The Freedom Riders…………66
James Meredith and the University of Mississippi….68
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church….69
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom….69
The Civil Rights Act of 1964….70
The 1965 Selma Marches…..72
Malcolm X…………..73
The voting rights of 1965…..74
CHAPTER SUMMATION…..76
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CHAPTER 5
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN AMERICA…WHERE WE ARE TODAY…………………78
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN POLITICS…..78
The vote…..78
The Electoral College….81
The United States Congress…….91
The Office of the Governor….93
The Office of the President of the United States…..95
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM….102
Racial Profiling…102
The case of Janneral Denson…106
2010 Arizona Immigration Law……109
The criminal justice system…..113
The Jena 6………..116
The death penalty and sentencing….118
THE INSTITUTIONAL RACISM OF HOLLYWOOD….120
Early film making……..120
The Birth of a Nation………..121
Oscar Micheaux………..122
“Blaxploitation” films………….123
Oscar isn’t color blind…125
THE INSTITUTIONAL RACISM OF BEAUTY….127
“Lookism”……..127
Hair……………………..130
Skin color………..132
“There she is”…………….136
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM…138
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONAL RACISM……..148
Hurricane Katrina……………..150
Levee history………………….151
Details and implications…..151
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM….160
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN THE HOUSING MARKET….165
White flight……………166
Predatory lending………………167
Redlining……………….168
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN EDUCATION…….170
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN THE WORKPLACE………172
Affirmation Action……………173
The Glass Ceiling………………………175
White Privilege………………….177
CHAPTER SUMMATION…………….180
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CHAPTER 6
RACISM IN RELIGIONS AND IDEOLOGIES ASSOCIATED WITH CHRISTIANITY………181
THE CHRISTIAN IDENTITY MOVEMENT……181
General teachings of Christian Identity…………..182
Specific teachings of Christian Identity…….183
THE MORMONS……..186
THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF THE “BIBLICAL BLACK CURSE”……194
“WHITE CHURCH” / “BLACK CHURCH”……..201
CHAPTER SUMMATION………204
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CHAPTER 7
THE BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON RACE AND RACISM…206
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO RACIAL CATEGORIES………207
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO FAVORITISM…..211
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN EQUALITY….220
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO SLAVERY…..225
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO “INTERRACIAL” MARRIAGE…233
Moses and his Ethiopian wife………….235
Marriages that the Bible speaks against…………237
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE COLOR OF GOD….241
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO VERY DARK SKIN….243
Song of Solomon………244
Skin colors of disease………………..249
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE JEWS AS THE CHOSEN PEOPLE.....253
Abraham: The father of the Jews; a Great Nation……..253
The Promised Land…………259
Chosen Israel…………………………262
Salvation is available to Jews and non-Jews alike…..268
Peter’s prejudice…………….282
Jesus and the Greek woman………….290
The Samaritans…………………………………..295
People of color and Jewish lineage……303
THE BIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO PREDESTINATION….307
CHAPTER SUMMATION…….315
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EPILOGUE…………………..320
APPENDIX: THE BASIC BELIEFS OF CHRISTIANITY…322
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS INFALLIBLE AND HAS ABSOLUTE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY….322
The Word of God….322
The absolute authority of the Scriptures….325
Evidences that support the Bible as being the Word of God….327
Authorship….327
Circulation………..328
History……328
Prophecies……….328
Archeology…….............331
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND
SAVIOR ..……………331
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN THE DEITY OF CHRIST…….333
Evidences that support the belief that Jesus is God……341
His birth and his Name……….341
The Messianic prophecies………….343
Other historical documents…….348
Risk of execution…………349
Martyrdom………………………349
Miracles and healings……….350
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST………………………….351
Evidences giving support that Jesus was resurrected and sits at the right hand side of the Father………….354
The Resurrection cannot be disproved……354
Hundreds of eyewitness accounts…….355
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN THE DOCTRINE OF THE “TRINITY”…………………..356
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS A NAME……357
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT SATAN IS REAL…..361