The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America-Bautistas por la Paz, the world’s largest network of Baptist peacemakers with members in four countries, has issued a statement of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
“It is past time for an acknowledgment of the systemic forces at play: forces refusing to acknowledge that white lives are valued more than black lives, forces refusing to acknowledge gross inequality imbedded in a system of white supremacy, forces refusing to acknowledge the colonial theft of land and abuse of bodies over centuries, forces refusing to acknowledge systemic mass incarceration of black bodies,” reads the Aug. 1 statement written by members of the BPFNA’s Working Group to Center Black Lives in Pursuit of Racial Justice:
“White supremacy blinds, divides, silences, and kills,” the statement continues. “We must raise our voices to speak out against these evils, condemn unjust disparities based on race, and demand accountability for the oppression, discrimination, and killings that disproportionally impact black lives.”
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