racial reconciliation
Mending intergroup divisions
Racial reconciliation is the process of repairing relationships between racial groups after historical injustice or conflict.
The term appears most often in religious and political contexts, emphasizing acknowledgment of past wrongs, dialogue, and steps toward healing: The church launched a racial reconciliation initiative.
Critics sometimes view the concept as prioritizing harmony over substantive change like reparations or policy reform.
- slaveryOwnership of people
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- historical reckoningReassessing past wrongs
- empathySharing another's emotions
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- church ministryyouth ministry, church outreach, women's ministry, youth mentoring, children's ministry
- Faith Activismsocial gospel, interfaith dialogue, Christian socialism, sanctuary movement, abolitionism
racial reconciliationracial conflict
Clash between ethnic groups
racial hatred · racial tension · racial violence · ethnic cleansing · apartheid
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