It's theological paternalism to refuse critical engagement with ideas of Black theologians that deserve scrutiny. It is theological alarmism (or fragility) to be hypercritical of ideas by black theologians in which the response is way disproportionate to the perceived error.

In general *not always* my progressive friends tend to be theologically paternalistic towards Black theologians. My conservative friends tend to be alarmist.

Younger white Evangelicals tend to struggle to find their place because they are attempting to overcome their alarmist past, but don't really have a good model of affirmation and critique. To my mind the solution is careful engagement not a return to alarmist ways.

In other words someone needs to write a "scandal of the Evangelical mind" to inspire a confident, but humble non-alarmist engagement with questions of gender, ethnicity, justice, and the Scriptures. That takes the concerns of other ethnic groups seriously.