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A Christian fundraising site has collected >$200k for Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense.
This is no coincidence.
That this is possible today is a reflection of the ways white supremacy has infected white Christianity. #WhiteTooLong.
@RNS story here:
religionnews.com/2020/08/29/chr…
@RNS @ReligionReport reporters, unless I missed it, we still don’t know anything about Rittenhouse’s own religious background and what role that played in his life and motivations. Anyone working on this?
@RNS @ReligionReport In #WhiteTooLong I unpack the long history of entanglement between white supremacy & American Christianity, including how it animated the worldview of white violent extremists like Dylann Roof. His murderous actions were not divorced from his Christianity.
amazon.com/White-Too-Long…
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1/2 Reminder re: Falwell Jr.’s demise. The animating core of Xn Right was never sexual purity. Protecting white supremacy at Bob Jones U was its genesis. Wh Xn flight to GOP was fueled by defending segregation under guise of law & order.
Cc: @JRubinBlogger
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@JRubinBlogger Trump’s use of overtly racist tropes is best understood as the inevitable end of “the Southern Strategy” road, paved brick by brick through 13 presidential election cycles since 1968, and blessed by cons white Xns.
I unpack this history in #WhiteTooLong:
smile.amazon.com/White-Too-Long…
@JRubinBlogger 3/3 By the time RNC apologized for the Southern Strategy in 2005 or pushed for a more humane immigration policy in its “autopsy report” after Romney’s 2012 defeat, the Southern Strategy was a runaway freight train that simply had too much momentum behind it to be easily derailed.
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Trump attacking not just Biden's faith but anyone who agrees with his policies. Declares "a man of deep religion" could not agree with them, you "can't put that into the realm of a religious group of people." He's essentially declaring half the country's faith illegitimate.
(2/3) Even if Trump is only targeting Democrats, 3/4 of Ds identify as religious (70% Christian, 5% other religions). That’s a lot of Americans to label as heretics based on politics.
(3/3) But note this critical difference:
Nearly half of Dem Christians are not white, compared to only a fraction of Rep Christians. Most Black Christians don’t see the conflict here between their faith and Democratic policies. So what is Trump really saying here?
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