“Racism is designed to be invisible to white people–this is just the way things are, or this is the ‘right’ way to do things–so when they are confronted by the reality of racism, it can offend their sense of personal innocence. There is no way around this feeling. You have to go through a process of deconstructing the way white supremacy has skewed your perceptions in order to see the reality of race more clearly.”
Jemar Tisby, How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey toward Racial Justice. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Reflective, 2021, page 185.
Related posts:
Pastor Note #98: Hearing Our Neighbors’ Cry of Distress: A White Pastor Talks to his White Congregation about Race
Pastor Note #73: No “Us” and “Them”: Race, Ethnicity, and the Mandate of Love
Pastor Note #112: America in Theological Perspective–a July 4th Sermon
Pastor Note #70: True National Greatness
Pastor Note #107: Violence and the Kingdom of God: a Sermon
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