At this time in our history, when Southern Baptists especially should be reckoning with their role in legitimizing white supremacy as God’s will, they’re doubling down, insulating themselves from evidence that might lead to real repentance.
#WhiteTooLong
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For shameful decisions like these, two questions: 1) Context: What’s happening that is driving such a decision now?
And 2) Power: Who benefits from such a declaration? Who’s protected? And who is made vulnerable?
I wrote this 2 weeks ago:
"White evangelicals look to be the most powerful force hindering work for racial justice and reconciliation and efforts to achieve the promise of a multiracial democracy at this time of reckoning in our nation."

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3 Nov
10 things to know on #ElectionDay about white evangelical Protestants.
1. @PRRIpoll finds white evangelical support for Trump is as strong as ever: Among likely voters, 79% say they’ll vote for Trump; 74% favorable. No gender gap.
@PRRIpoll
prri.org/research/what-…
2. White evangelicals are declining as a proportion of the U.S. population:
21% in 2008
20% in 2012
17% in 2016
15% today.
@PRRIpoll #ElectionDay
smile.amazon.com/End-White-Chri…
3. Most of the new battleground states are more competitive b/c of white evangelical decline as proportion of population:
GA: 22% -> 18% (-4)
IA: 22% -> 18% (-4)
NC: 28% -> 20% (-8)
OH: 23% -> 19% (-4)
@PRRIpoll #ElectionDay
ava.prri.org/#religious/201…
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