
Episode 219: Jemar Tisby - Acknowledging Racism in the Church
The Bible For Normal People
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Why Are White Evangelicals Pushing Back on Systemic Racism?
LZ Granderson: It's hard to wrap my mind around why there's such anger toward just the notion that there has been and continues to be a systemic racism in our country. LZ: In spite of all that, many white Christians home in on passages that focus on individual conversion. He says we have so much more to learn from historically marginalized and oppressed people who are Christians. "We've never been an issue because there were legitimately whole systems from race-based child slavery"
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