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   From: js@phendrie.con   
      
   Not some phony LCMS faker/poseur.   
      
      
   "Why Christians Must Fight Systemic Racism"   
      
   I wake up to messages on social media from other Christians calling me a   
   racist,   
   communist, false teacher. Such messages have become as ordinary as my cup of   
   coffee before morning prayer. I receive them because part of my work as a   
   Christian theologian addresses issues of systemic injustice. I never imagined   
   such work would be controversial. Racism­ — personal and societal — still   
   affects the lives of people of color in the United States. Part of the   
   Christian   
   witness involves addressing this among a host of other maladies.   
      
   Nearly every Christian of color I know who addresses these issues has been   
   subject to similar attacks, no matter the nuance of our argumentation or the   
   sources we cite. I have been accused of believing that all white people are   
   irredeemably racist and of seeing humans as only victims or oppressors. None of   
   this is true, but that does not seem to matter. They call us “woke,” but   
   the   
   disdain with which they use that word makes it feel like a stand-in for deeper   
   and more cutting insults.   
      
   I remain puzzled as to why discussions of racism and injustice stir up so much   
   venom from fellow believers. They do not simply disagree. They are angry.   
   Despite this hysteria, there is simply no theological or historical reason for   
   Christians to hesitate over acknowledging structural racism.   
      
   When people point out bias or racism in structures (health care, housing,   
   policing, employment practices), they are engaging in the most Christian of   
   practices: naming and resisting sins, personal and collective. A Christian   
   theology of human fallibility leads us to expect structural and personal   
   injustice. It is in the texts we hold dear. So when Christians stand up against   
   racialized oppression, they are not losing the plot; they are discovering an   
   element of Christian faith and practice that has been with us since the   
   beginning.   
      
   https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/racism-christianity.h   
   ml?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)