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“African Americans adopted Christianity, but they also adapted Christianity. They made it their own.” @YNPierce #BlackChurchPBS Why is there such a s thing as the “Black Church”? “Harsh though it
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#OTD: February 8, 1915 The 3-hour long blockbuster silent film “Birth of a Nation” debuts in Los Angeles. It was a white supremacist propaganda film that takes place during Reconstruction.
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A police chief and another officer in Georgia thought their body cams weren't working, so they had an honest and racist conversation about Black people. It's a masterclass on anti-Blackness
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We have yet to do a sustained and rigorous reckoning with the Young, Restless and Reformed movement, especially in its racial dimensions. It had a whole bunch of us young
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When. I spoke up about Trump in 2015-2016, Christians: · Called the church elders to discipline me· Did hour long "takedowns" of me on YouTube and podcasts· Uninvited me from
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It is clear that a consequential portion of Republican elected officials hold a particular view of America which only benefits “their kind of people.” It is a vision so anti-democratic
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When indeed? “When did the theological architects of American slavery develop the moral character to tell the church how it should discuss and discern racism?” @CharlieDates https://religionnews.com/2020/12/18/we-out-charlie-dates-on-wh
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The Black church is one institution white people have never been able to control. So the response from many is often paternalism, condemnation, and condescension. It’s nothing new, but always
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I know the phrase “Black evangelical” makes sense from a certain perspective—what else do you call a Black Christian who is in evangelical circles? It’s also convenient shorthand becuase there
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