Racist ideas make people of color think less of themselves, which makes them more vulnerable to racist ideas. Racist ideas make White people think more of themselves, which further attracts them to racist ideas.
“Tears that are driven by white guilt are self-indulgent.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“God’s eschatological vision is one of reconciliation.”
― Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
― Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
“As idols of God, as image bearers, we are connected to the presence of God. God is with us. When we are connected with God, our mirror neurons are attuned to God—attuned to what he is thinking and feeling about us, others, and the world. Through this attunement with God, we bear his presence to everything in the world.”
― Does God Really Like Me?: Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With Us
― Does God Really Like Me?: Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With Us
“there would be no black church without racism in the white church.”
― The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
― The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
“People of color may also hold prejudices and discriminate against white people, but they lack the social and institutional power that transforms their prejudice and discrimination into racism; the impact of their prejudice on whites is temporary and contextual.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
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