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Claire Grosel
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“God didn’t prevent the slave ships from sailing, or the crosses from burning, or the bullets from piercing our bodies. ‘God is white,’ I whispered to myself again and again. As it became clearer to me that their god was the divine sponsor of the maafa, it became clear to me that white Jesus, as he’d been described in every church I’d attended, was also a white friend I couldn’t keep.”
— Jul 20, 2026 08:19AM
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“God didn’t prevent the slave ships from sailing, or the crosses from burning, or the bullets from piercing our bodies. ‘God is white,’ I whispered to myself again and again. As it became clearer to me that their god was the divine sponsor of the maafa, it became clear to me that white Jesus, as he’d been described in every church I’d attended, was also a white friend I couldn’t keep.”
