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Christianity, Race, and Politics

Learning How to See with Brian McLaren

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The Church Is the Custodian of the Racial Hierarchy

The courts sentence people to be indentured or to be enslaved for whatever reason. They are the ones who keep the most accurate records, according to expert genealogist paul heineg. The church becomes the custodian of enforcing racial hierarchy. Black women are not penalized by the law because our bodies are understood to be farms for free labor. So so white men can can have sex with us or rape us with impunity, and we will not be held hauled into court. Because white men use us to produce that free labor.

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