Andrew J. Miller upends a conversation that’s had the same talking points for decades. His new book, “Black Privilege,” argues that the defining characteristic of African Americans isn’t their oppression—it’s their power.
Miller, a pastor and reentry advocate based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has built a career around helping people rediscover purpose. As founder of True Hope Church and the visionary behind the Redemption Opportunity Project, he’s spent years working with individuals transitioning back into society, as he himself has had to do. Now, with “Black Privilege,” he’s taking his message to a broader audience through a manifesto that challenges readers to reconsider strength and success.
The book’s central thesis is provocative: he states that the real privilege of Black America lies not in ease or entitlement, but in the resilience built through adversity and faith. Miller writes about generations who “transformed chains into opportunity and adversity into art, culture, and influence.”
A Different Perspective on Identity
“We’re not waiting to be chosen,” Miller writes in the book. “We walk as if we already are.”
Part cultural commentary and part personal testimony, the work draws from Miller’s own journey and his experience working with community members and those reentering society after incarceration. His writing style blends what he describes as poetic cadence with direct truth-telling, a reflection of his background in ministry.
Miller has published several other books, including “Sin Desires You: The Road to Reconciliation,” “Timeless Beings,” “The Seven Habits of Extremely Fruitful Christians,” and “The Ebonics Paraphrase Study Bible” series. But “Black Privilege” represents something different—an attempt to speak not just to churchgoers or those in reentry programs, but to community leaders, advocates, and young people searching for direction.
From Book to Movement
Miller’s ambition extends beyond book sales. He envisions “Black Privilege” becoming a movement—a shift in how people think about identity, history, and potential. The book calls readers to “reject the mindset of dependency and reclaim the strength that has always defined the African American experience.”
It’s a message meant to resonate across backgrounds, challenging assumptions about victimhood and victory, limitation and legacy. Miller frames his argument as neither conservative nor liberal, but as something more fundamental: a reexamination of narrative itself.
The book is available now on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. For Miller, who has spent his career helping people rewrite their personal stories, this work represents an invitation to rewrite a collective one—to see African American history not as a story of what was done to a people, but what a people have done despite it all.
