Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Ebony Adedayo and Steve Kimes discuss the topics of forgiveness and reconciliation, specifically in the context of racism. The discussion includes:

-Ebony's recommendation: the album The Transition of Mali by Mali Music (0:56)
- Steve's recommendation: Scene on Radio podcast, Seeing White series (2:42)
- Does racism against people of color in America still exist? (4:28)
- Affirmative action, which mostly helps white women (10:10)
- Is it lacking in the quality of forgiveness to bring up racial inequality issues such as police brutality? (17:19)
- The parable in Matthew 18 (20:04)
- Forcing the oppressed to forgive (25:28)
- How do we achieve true reconciliation? (29:14)
- The economics of forgiveness (33:08)

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