John Davis is an artist, singer-songwriter, and fellow amateur activist passionate about diversity, equity & inclusion. John joins the Amateur Activist to discuss his experience within a prominent local mega-church, the inherent white supremacy and racism within white evangelical spaces, and how we can begin to take steps forward to identify & decolonise these white spaces in order to make safe, inclusive, diverse spaces for black folks.  

Recommended books to begin the journey: 

- Black Theology The Cross and The Lynching Tree - James Cone 

Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody (Autobiography) - James Cone 

Black Theology & Black Power - James Cone 

God of the Oppressed - James Cone 

Knowing Christ Crucified: The Witness of African American Religious Experience - Shawn H. Copeland 

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope - Esau McCaulley 

- Church & Activism: 

Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism - Drew G.I. Hart 

Who Will Be A Witness: Igniting Activism - Drew G.I. Hart 

- Social: 

The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Alex Haley 

My People Are Rising: Memoir Of A Black Panther Captain - Aaron Dixon 

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower - Brittney Cooper 

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age Of Colorblindness 

Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde 

Women, Race, & Class - Angela Davis 

Dark Days - James Baldwin

When White Supremacy Knocks, Fight Back! - Dr. Wes Bellamy