The experience of Black people in America is exhibit A in the case of white society’s wickedness…
We are often afraid to say that. We are more likely to feign being “happy darkies,” thankful for the genteel goodness of white people.
And we are counting on that genteel goodness now more than ever. After four years of Trumpian rampant white supremacist vitriol…
After four years of white folk feeling empowered to say the heinous shit that is on their minds…
We are counting on things being returned to normal. We are “hopeful” that normal will become better.
We are trusting that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will bring healing to the Nation…
But if we’re honest with ourselves and our thoughts we know the truth:
White people are incapable of prescribing the healing of America…
And since we’ve decided to stay here…
Since Black people have not decided to leave America, we have chosen to adopt White America as our sisters and brothers.
As Western Protestant Christians, we have chosen to adopt White Christians – yea, even White Evangelicals – as our brothers and sisters.
So, what does that mean for our engagement with America? What does that mean for the Mattering of Black Life?
That’s the jump off for our discussion in this episode of Blacks with Power. What do you think about our perspectives on tending to whiteness?
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