"When I was in middle school... one of our neighbors put up their house for sale and a black family bought it... people started moving. It mattered when a family with black skin moved into my neighborhood. And we might want to think we're past this today, but..." @plattdavid

"Could it be that as much as we'd like to think that the church is a force for countering racialization, that right now we're actually a force for continuing it?... We will not be found to be worshiping God if we are found to be ignoring injustice, or much worse, increasing it."

"The idea that if everybody was just a Christian, we wouldn't have a racialization problem, isn't true. The reality is, our faith, which we want to bring us together across races, at this point is actually driving us further apart."

Finally, y'all. Some common ground with CRT fans: seeker-sensitive "church growth strategies" are racist!

"I want to sacrifice more of my preferences as a white pastor. I need to grow...I do not want to speak from the Bible on issues that are popular among white followers of Christ...And I know, as a white pastor, I have blind spots, so I am part of the problem."

"Be encouraged by the ways you are leveraging your influence for justice around us."

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"In every era of American racism, white Christians have often been found complicit if not contributing...[including] many of the pastors and theologians I quote from."

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