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“CRT” is the latest label used to discredit those working for racial justice. Recognize it as a deflection from substantive issues of justice. Then turn the conversation toward the real threat to Christianity in this country: White Christian Nationalism
.@AlsoACarpenter has done thorough takedowns of those who want to use CRT as an epithet. Also see posts in @faithfullymag
For more on White Christian Nationalism read @ndrewwhitehead and @socofthesacred’s book

Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States amazon.com/dp/0190057882/…
Also helpful is @kkdumez’s new book

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation amazon.com/dp/1631495739/…
The most ample and convincing historical evidence we have points to white Christian nationalism, not critical race theory, as that which most threatens the unity of the church and the integrity of Christian witness in the United States. Stay focused.
Looking forward to this new book by @robertpjones.
"White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity"
indiebound.org/book/978198212…
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What stands out in this piece is how sincere people of faith (any of us) can be sincerely wrong. McEnany seems truly convinced she is doing righteous work, but has she ever understood Christianity apart from a culture wars, Religious Right perspective?
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What's so difficult about piercing the ideological bubble of the Religious Right is they see all opposition as perspecution and read that into their interpretation of the Bible. They think all the pushback is a sign they're taking the narrow path and suffering as Christ did.
Changing someone's mind is even more difficult when their job relies on stubbornly clinging to erroneous and bigoted beliefs. Exponentially more difficult when you get praise for those views. It's your platform and to give it up would mean giving up influence and Identity.
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While several states and cities attempt to remove Confederate iconography, let's remember a place that is often overlooked in these conversations...Arkansas.
Look at the flag. Nothing to do with the Confederacy right? Riiight. A little history...
Arkansas did not have an official state flag until 1913 when the Pine Bluff chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution co-sponsored a flag design competition. Willie Hocker's design (left) won, but they added the state name to the final design.
The blue diamond represents Arkansas as the only diamond-producing state in the U.S. The 25 stars mean that AR was the 25th state. The three stars stand for, among other things, each nation that ruled Arkansas: France, Spain, and the U.S.
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Not again. Not another Black man, human being, image-bearer of God murdered as a blood sacrifice to the idol of white supremacy. Not caught on video again so his family has to relive the trauma, amplified by a million views and opinions. Not again. Yet again.
#AhmaudArbery
If you’re outraged by the murder, then you need to see the connections. Connections to apoplexy of some about the #1619Project that dares to put white supremacy, racism and chattel slavery as a fundamental and foundational to the American project.
You need to connect this murder, and countless others, to voter suppression, gerrymandering and numerous other tactics designed to deprive Black people of our right to shape this nation’s laws and policies into ones that will protect our lives.
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