In How We Love Matters, Albert Tate has written an impactful book on the subject of racism. He wrote it as a series of nine letters and the idea is inspired by Dr. King’s letters from Birmingham. Some of the nine letters included to readers, siblings, America, Church, Jesus, whiteness, and much more. He is a pastor at a multiethnic church with the majority of the congregation is white. He begins the book by sharing how it took only 9 minutes and 29 seconds for George Floyd to be killed by suffocation from a police officer’s knee pressed down against his neck. This led to protests and a stance against police brutality. This all occurred in the year of 2020 when the world was dealing with the effects of covid-19. He also shared a personal story that happened with his nine-year-old son. They were together as a family enjoying nature when two cops parked near them. His son went back to the car to hid because he was afraid, he was going to die. He stated how this is a deep fear that many Black men face.
He explored the major topic of whiteness and how it is displayed in our culture. Some of the examples included, Band-Aid colors, iPhone face ID, and emojis. He explained how we are taught whiteness is better and this led us to facing racial oppression. He looked at how it’s in your best interest to act white in order to get upward mobility. All of this is a hidden message that we are told to follow by our culture. Even though it’s really spoken out loud. He looked at racism and how we act when a Black person is gunned down and people are trying to find the reason as to why the victim deserved what he got. He explained how satan act in all of this and how he tries to convince us that racism isn’t real. He looked at the story of Zacchaeus and how Jesus invited him to his house to sit at his table. The world wouldn’t have pick Zacchaeus. He is eventually changed and he repents and he gives back to others what he has taken.
I would recommend this life changing book to anyone is tired of racism and they are wanting to see a change. I immensely loved how Albert explored the different dynamics of where we currently are in racism. I liked how open he was in sharing personal stories and examples. I was very opened in reading his perceptive on racism and the different conflicts in our America, church, and community. This book has tons of inspiration about how we can work towards racial reconciliation and he tries to teach readers on how we can truly love one another like Jesus does.
"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”
If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Love-Matters-Relentless-Reconciliation/dp/1546000534
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