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The committee at @GroveCtyCollege that generated this report thinks they have defended Christian orthodoxy when in reality they have merely asserted their commitment to a regressive and narrow type of fundamentalism that opposes racial justice.
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This saga has been ongoing, but I refrained from much public comment until the committee concluded its report. They spent a full page discussing my supposed threat to their mission because I promote what they call "Critical Race Theory." Here are their comments about me.
The committee does not cite any evidence of my supposed shift in thinking. They name check my former employer, and say "in hindsight, inviting Mr. Tisby to speak in chapel was a mistake." First, it's DOCTOR Tisby, second...it was only a mistake if you fear the truth about racism.
One of the reasons so many people say, “I never knew” or “They never taught me this in school” is the ethos behind #1776Commission. Tell a whitewashed version of history about American exceptionalism and label any facts that reveal the nation’s flaws as unpatriotic.
I’m glad there are plenty of brave people who are ready to face the truth of our nation’s past and have already picked this up.
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There's a lot to unpack in this data, but my top line observation is this: If racial justice was about popularity we'd never see change. Progress has always come from a small but committed group of people. Never let the numbers crush your conviction.
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While the numbers for white Christians were not great, I was more interested in the data around Black Christians:
Motivation to address racial injustice:
2019: 63% (very motivated: 33%)
2020: 70% (very motivated 46%)
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Motivation to address racial injustice:
2019: 63% (very motivated: 33%)
2020: 70% (very motivated 46%)
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AND Black *Christians* were more likely than Black people as a whole to say that the country has a race problem:
Black People: 76%
Black Christians: 81%
Black People: 76%
Black Christians: 81%
#OnThisDay: September 15, 1963
Four young Black girls—Addie Mae Collins (14), Denise McNair (11), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14)—were killed by a white supremacist in a terrorist attack. But there’s so much more to know...
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Four young Black girls—Addie Mae Collins (14), Denise McNair (11), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14)—were killed by a white supremacist in a terrorist attack. But there’s so much more to know...
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The blast injured about 20 others including 12 year old Sarah Collins, Addie’s sister, who was blinded in one eye. The 15 sticks of dynamite shattered all the church’s stained glass windows except one—an image of Jesus Christ. The face of Christ had been blown out.
Also...Here's the story of the new stained glass window that replaced the damaged one. It's inspiring! instagram.com/p/CCjgAeQJd1I/…
4 weeks in a row on the New York Times Bestseller list! Thank you all so much for snagging the book. Ready to go deeper? Here we go...
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Catch the video study series on Amazon Prime Video (included with your subscription).
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Blacks = America's most religious group
83% believe in God w/ absolute certainty (whites: 61%)
75% say religion is very important (whites: 49%)
Yet when news highlights religion in U.S., it's nearly always about *white* Evangelicals.
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83% believe in God w/ absolute certainty (whites: 61%)
75% say religion is very important (whites: 49%)
Yet when news highlights religion in U.S., it's nearly always about *white* Evangelicals.
Check out: @JemarTisby's #ColorOfCompromise
Tisby: white Christians will say discussing systemic racism is "liberal" or a "Marxist ideology underlies" it all.
"They will say racists don't represent the REAL American church [or] that discussing race is 'abandoning the gospel' with a problematic demand for social justice."
"They will say racists don't represent the REAL American church [or] that discussing race is 'abandoning the gospel' with a problematic demand for social justice."
Tisby: "These arguments...were used throughout American church history to deny or defend racism.
You may grapple with learning a narrative that contradicts much of what you have been taught...ideas about people who were cast as heroes of the faith.
The pain is worth the price."
You may grapple with learning a narrative that contradicts much of what you have been taught...ideas about people who were cast as heroes of the faith.
The pain is worth the price."
Religion, especially Christianity, permeates the history of race in America. Woodrow Wilson was a preacher’s kid. His father was Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson whose church hosted the first meeting of what became the Presbyterian Church of the Confederate States of America.
President Wilson showed in the a White House the film “Birth of a Nation”— a three hour silent film that presented the Ku Klux Klan as the saviors of the South and protectors of white womanhood. It amplified the Lost Cause mythology nationwide.
Learn more about Wilson’s segregationist and white supremacist history in chapter 6: “Reconstructing White Supremacy in the Jim Crow Era” in “The Color of Compromise”
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We all know by now that all the "extra time" those stay-at-home orders supposedly produced is a myth. You're on-the-go, but you still want to read. So here's the 1st chapter of "The Color of Compromise" in audio form.
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You can order the book here or wherever books are sold:
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There's also a video study of "The Color of Compromise" available on @PrimeVideo and it's included with your subscription.
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🚨 "The Color of Compromise" just made the New York Times Best Seller list this week!! Thank you to everyone who purchased the book, recommended it to others, or left a review. Thank you for engaging in the vital work of racial justice.
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I want to give a special thanks to my squad at @TheWitnessBCC. Please join us this Friday on Juneteenth for our "Free to Be" event. Starts at 10 am CST. Visit thewitnessbcc.com for details.
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If you are ready to take the next step in the journey, I invite you to pre-order my forthcoming book.
"How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice" 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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"How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice" 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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I’m thrilled about this online symposium around “The Color of Compromise.” Scholars and activists weighed-in, and I learned so much from them. Check it out, especially if you like to geek-out over race, justice, history, sociology, and activism. 🤓 syndicate.network/symposia/theol…
This online symposium features commentary from: @Gods_Peace1, Nancy Bedford, @amaryah_sa, @ShaneClaiborne, and @liztheo. All expertly organized by my friend and fellow ND alum @jeremylsabella. Brought to you via @synd_network
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If you’ve read “The Color of Compromise” and want to go deeper, this online symposium is the next step.
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This piece by Jentzen Franklin sounds every bit like the Christians and right-wing politicians who vehemently opposed desegregation and Black civil rights in the 1950-60s. Even the language fits: “socialism”, “marching in the streets”, activist courts.” christianpost.com/voice/why-i-st…
The other common trope is to say, “What’s the alternative?” That is followed by some version of “Are you calling anyone who supports Tr*mp a sinner? How dare you!” These are both deflections. Notice no mention of 45’s many moral failings and harmful policies.
Finally, if Jentzen resembles the “massive resisters” of the Civil Rights era, then those evangelicals who fail to speak up about Tr*mp resemble the “white moderates” who are an even bigger stumbling block in the stride toward freedom. It is the very #ColorofCompromise
Once again...where does someone with these beliefs go to church? What is she hearing from the pulpit or in Bible studies? "Pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities" will not uproot the corrupt theology that justifies racism and white supremacy.
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Although the woman who said "Christian race" would likely say she simply misspoke, it's a telling phrase. She subtly conflates religion and race to imply that Christian = white. This is a major reason why Black churches and denominations exist.
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Someone (still) needs to hear this:
The Civil War was about slavery...and the money that the elite made through the economic exploitation of the enslaved.
📜From the 1861 Mississippi Articles of Secession...
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The Civil War was about slavery...and the money that the elite made through the economic exploitation of the enslaved.
📜From the 1861 Mississippi Articles of Secession...
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White Mississippi leaders knew the Civil War was about slavery when they seceded in January 1861, but plenty of people today deny the very words of the Confederates.
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Don't overlook the invocation given at the convention where white Mississippi lawmakers agreed to secede from the Union. White Christians colluded in the perpetuation of race-based chattel slavery. That "institution"...it's peculiar...it's slavery.
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Today is the 6 month anniversary of when my first book "The #ColorofCompromise" came out. It may seem like an odd day to commemorate, but I never imagined how much and how quickly this book would change my life. Thanks to everyone who has read so far!
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On the 6-month anniversary of the #ColorofCompromise, a few reviews and interviews that readers have published...
First up: "Closing the Gulf Between Black and White Christians" by @emmaogreen @TheAtlantic
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First up: "Closing the Gulf Between Black and White Christians" by @emmaogreen @TheAtlantic
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Feature Review at the Englewood Review of Books (@ERBks) by @DorothyGreco
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"Words cannot describe the scene. The poor deluded negroes would run up to our men, fall on their knees and with uplifted hands scream for mercy but they were ordered on their feet and then shot down.” - a witness to the Ft. Pillow Massacre led by N.B. Forrest.
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After Nathan Bedford Forrest sat for a congressional hearing about his involvement in the KKK, he reportedly said, "I lied like a gentleman."
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Gov. Bill Lee signing a proclamation to honor Nathan Bedford Forrest is a celebration of white supremacy. And Lee's reason for signing--"because the law requires that I do that and I haven't looked at changing that law"--is indefensible
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