This section of the website contains essays, book reviews, and links to material that discusses the ‘science’ of racism as it relates specifically to structures of American society.

The pages encourage discussion that is helpful in understanding how structures like the laws, regulations, court decisions, and the Constitution support and preserve American racism.

MORE2 Pursues Racial Equity in the Kansas City Area

Kansas City Skyline at dusk

MORE2 religious leaders meet monthly to “maintain a moral lens” on the organization’s equity work and shape the vision of congregational-based organizing within MORE2,  and provide a “theologically prophetic perspective that drives the work. Monthly clergy caucuses meet separately in both Missouri and Kansas, and welcome religious leaders of all traditions who seek to further racial and economic equity.

I Am Not a Coward

Brenda Girton-Mitchell

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's words are true: our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. I choose to become a part of End Racism USA because race matters in this nation.

The Samuel Proctor Oral History Project in Two Communities

Students and Elaine, AR residents seated in a circle in a hallway recording oral histories.
Ending Racism USA helped make the connection

Ending Racism USA's role in helping Holly Springs, Mississippi, discover a successful program in Elaine, Arkansas is an example of one way that Ending Racism USA is facilitating local groups learning from each other. In this case, the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project is helping both communities.

Let's Fix Thanksgiving

Abraham Lincoln with excerpts from his 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Some things were better in the past

No President before 1961 mentioned the Pilgrims in their Thanksgiving proclamation. Then President Kennedy from Massachusetts asked "the head of each family to recount to his children the story of the first New England thanksgiving." He made no mention of Native Americans. 

Movies That Matter: 2022 Discussions

curved strip of film with images from five movies featuring people of color
Online movie discussion groups

Join Edward McNulty, editor and film reviewer at Visual Parables, and Ken Bedell, founder of Ending Racism USA, for a lively and thoughtful discussion of movies that matter.

Where Is Racism?

Graphic asks: Where is racism? Shows brown oval with "Racism" in center; red arrows point from Stories and Rules to racism oval
If we know where it is we can eliminate it

To end racism, we need to increase our ability to identify racism and develop strategies to eradicate it.

Heeding King's Call Videos

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to the crowd at the March on Washington
August 28, 2022

On August 28, 2022, Race and Grace Ministries, LLC and Ending Racism USA co-sponsored a virtual commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More than 100 people joined to be inspired by what happened 49 years ago, to reflect on what has been accomplished, and to recommit to the goal of ending racism. The Zoom meeting was recorded. You can watch the entire event or clips of the presenters.