It has grieved me to see the current day suffering of my Asian-American friends during the #Coronavirusoutbreak. The first thing I thought of was @the18yearplan's clarifying essay on #ThreePillarsofWhiteSupremacy. It explains it perfectly. 1/
Andrea @the18yearplan is in this Twitter-TeachIn, so all can refer to her thread for more. I'll reflect on one central point that rises to the surface for me... 2/ #evangelicals4justice #covid19 #racism
"Whiteness," as political construct, was created to determine who ordained to rule. White supremacy believes white people were created to rule and steward everything. Everyone else is cast as a threat or a commodity to white stewardship. 2/ #evangelicals4justice #covid19 #racism
#Coronavirus revealed something profound that I hope we don't miss: scapegoating of AAPI community rises from same exact place that defends/does nothing abt Trump's policies at border. White supremacy says they are not important enough. 3/ #covid19 #racism #evangelicals4justice
Scapegoating of AAPI community rises from same exact place that has led "conservatives" across America to "conserve" white power thru voter suppression, gerry-mandering, VoterID laws, closing polling places, switching polling places, etc. 4/ #covid19 #racism #evangelicals4justice
Scapegoating of AAPI rises from same place that's led churches to split rather than re-examine scripture/science on LGBTQIA+ inclusion. White men (and others at fountain of white patriarchy) safer when they have power to define the other. 5/ #covid19 #racism #evangelicals4justice
Scapegoating of AAPI community rises from same place that leads to total erasure of Native Americans from the land and the American story. (White men can't be ordained to lead, if others were here and are here who were here first.) 6/ #covid19 #racism #evangelicals4justice
Scapegoating of AAPI community rises from same exact place that led white men to Jerry-rig Supreme Court confirmation hearings to benefit a white man--tossing aside existential concerns raised by white women and people of color. 7/ #covid19 #racism #evangelicals4justice
But, scapegoating of AAPI community takes different shape. Andrea @18yearplan says white supremacist gaze sees AAPI and "Middle Eastern" pp as almost human, but not quite. They are the perpetual enemy and must be defeated. 8/ #covid19 #racism #evangelicals4justice
So, when white supremacy manifests against AAPI community it looks like this... 9/ #covid19 #racism #evangelicals4justice 
Dear White (and POC) Evangelicals, #Covid19 #ShelterInPlace is an opportunity to lean into this moment, examine who is called to steward the world in your worldview? If your answer is anything other than "all of us" then the problem lives in you. 11/ #evangelicals4justice #racism
