Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race. Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us.

Can it ever get better? This is the question Benjamin Watson is asking. In a country aflame with the fallout from the racial divide?in which Ferguson, Charleston, and the Confederate flag dominate the national news, daily seeming to rip the wounds open ever wider?is there hope for honest and healing conversation? For finally coming to understand each other on issues that are ultimately about so much more than black and white?An NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints and a widely read and followed commentator on social media, Watson has taken the Internet by storm with his remarkable insights about some of the most sensitive and charged topics of our day. Now, inUnder Our Skin, Watson draws from his own life, his family legacy, and his role as a husband and father to sensitively and honestly examine both sides of the race debate and appeal to the power and possibility of faith as a step toward healing. Review Benjamin Watson is one of the most intelligent and thoughtful men I have ever met,inside or outside of football. When he examines a topic, it is never from theperspective of societal norms or cultural traditions. His observations arealways based on sound, biblical principles. I know you will benefit from hisinsights into race and religion in the United States today.Tony Dungy, Super Bowl winning head coach and New York Times bestselling authorPacked with germane insights, this eye-opening book challengescurrent trends in American race relations, providing an important context forconversations about finding roads to racial unity. Read this book and be betterprepared to narrow the gap between our national creeds and deeds.Barry C. Black, Chaplain of the United States SenateNot many people can speak so honestly and eloquently aboutsuch a tough issue. Benjamin Watson shows great perspective on every side andchallenges us all to embrace a higher moral and spiritual purpose.Drew Brees, Quarterback, New Orleans SaintsIf you thought you were moved by Benjamin?s words in the wake of Ferguson, wait until you read this book. It is intensely personal, provoking real race discussions based on his own life and the issues still plaguing this nation. More importantly, though, my friend Benjamin leaves us with a sense of hope.Brooke Baldwin, Anchor, CNNA must-read for anyone who is frustrated by the racial strife and problems in our world?and ready to become part of the solution. Stop everything you?re doing and read what Benjamin Watson has to say.Mark Richt, Head football coach, University of GeorgiaBenjamin Watson is an important African American voices of balance and sanity in a world of racial chaos and confusion. He has used his platform as an NFL player to speak God?s perspective on race. In this work, Ben will encourage and challenge you to think rightly and righteously about addressing the sin that is destroying our nation.Dr. Tony Evans, Senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship and president of The Urban AlternativeI am honored to recommend my friend Benjamin Watson?sfirst book,Under Our Skin. Ben has grabbed the attention of our nation with insightful writings on many of the issues that divide us. God has expanded Ben?s reach way beyond the football field. I believe Ben is a voice for our time. InUnder Our Skin, you will soon see why his wisdom on the issue of race in our nation is so needed.Chris Tomlin, Musician, songwriterThis is a message every one of us needs to hear, and we?re listening to what Benjamin Watson has to say.Under Our Skin is unflinchingly honest, strong, and authentic. You won?t be able to put it down, and it will surprise, challenge, and inspire you in ways you never expected.Holly Robinson Peete, Actress, author, philanthropist; Rodney Peete, Former NFL quarterback, author, entrepreneurBenjamin Watson has been an outspoken advocate for racial unity based solely on the fact that Jesus Christ died for all people. Jesus came to this earth