What troubles me with the "Christianity IS white supremacy/is okay with oppression/is colonizing" discourse is that it's
A. Historically inaccurate
B. b/c A. it ignores the African and Asian roots of Xianity
C. Discounts Latin/African/Asian Xianity
D. Sort of woke colonialism

So yeah, your colonialism isn't better just because you're a white liberal.

Point A: This discourse is often connected to critiques of White Evangelicalism and MAYBE European Xianity. The claim that Christianity is an inherently oppressive or racist (see:WS) fails to account for the origins of Xianity in contexts of oppression.

Point A: Additionally, if fails to critically think through Christian history and engage with the dynamics. I've found that while strong voices in Christianity eventually moved toward WS and racism/oppression, there were just as strong movements against those.

Point A: That is NOT to say that we should be let off the hook with critically thinking through our theological ancestry and such. Not at all. However, the blanket claims just aren't historically founded... which leads to Point B.

Point B: Most of the early church theologians and leaders were not white. Much of Christian theology is shaped out of Egypt, Ethiopia, etc. So to say that racism/white supremacy is inherent in Christian theology seems a bit of a stretch on this scope.

Point C: The criticisms leveled that deal with "God not answering oppression," "White supremacy being the foundation of Xianity," etc. often are off target. Can those claims be leveled against European theological projects and White Evangelicalism? Sure...

Point C: BUT, to say that Christianity itself IS those things or cannot "answer" to oppression is to silence the voices of global Christianity that have lived and struggled in/through oppression. Particularly Latin American Xianity and Filipino Xianity.

Point C: It's ESSENTIAL to Christian theology, as highlighted BY Latin, Filipino, Mestizaje, etc. Christians, that God DOES answer the violence and oppression by literally being subjected to it and giving the oppressed His Spirit to move toward liberation.

Point C: Additionally, the claim that Christianity itself is built upon white supremacy and a lack of care for oppression also discounts the lived experiences of black Christians in the US, Latin American Christians, etc.

Point C: It sounds like the claim makes their beliefs and experiences "naive" or unfounded. Because of these reasons in Point C, you get Point D -

Point D: I can't help but be convinced that the air of intellectual and experiential superiority in these common positions that discount, power over, and completely disregard LA/Black/African/Asian Xianity is essentially a form of colonialism that whitewashes history and thought

Point D: It bears repeating that such blanket statements come from a position that is unable to listen to those voices and disregards the entirety of a belief system based on the theological and historical practices of those in power while touting anti-racism is woke colonialism