Actions speak loudly, but words also count in a time when many who should be speaking out about injustice remain silent. A public statement read by a group of Christian leaders Feb. 27 on the steps of First Baptist Church…
Once again, Young Republicans caught in racist chat group
A racist, homophobic and antisemitic online forum for young Republicans in South Florida has conservative politicians working hard to distance themselves from the controversy. The Miami Herald and The Floridian reported March 5 on the leaked WhatsApp group chat —…
Yes, the president is a racist
The feral utility of dog whistle statements rests in their deniability. A racist tweets the whistle, and friends and foes alike get the racist message. Then the whistler denies they whistled, insisting instead that foes are overly defensive or are…
Foley: Greed is the root of racism
Greed is the root cause of racism, Malcolm Foley told the “Compassion and Justice” conference Feb. 21. Foley serves as special advisor to Baylor University President Linda Livingstone and as co-pastor of Mosaic Church in Waco, Texas. He is the…
How sharing ‘that meme’ perpetuates racist harm
Donald Trump, president of the United States, shared a meme. You know the one. Despite the fact Trump is somewhat of a memelord who posts on social media an average of 18 times per day, if you’re reading this article…
Mohler worries about dignity of presidency — from Clinton era
In what might be considered a mild rebuke of President Donald Trump’s posting of a racist video last week, Al Mohler spins out 1,500 words before he mentions the president by name. And then he says Bill Clinton was worse….
Ed Young says Trump is not a racist
President Donald Trump is not a racist, according to Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Ed Young of Dallas. On Saturday, Feb. 7, the pastor of multicampus Fellowship Church based in Grapevine, Texas, posted a set of four slides on Facebook addressing…
How do white Christians ignore Trump’s obvious racism?
The question is not if President Trump is a racist. That question was settled long ago. The receipts are in hand. I was 5 years old in 1989 when he spent $85,000 on full-page ads calling for the execution of…
Will anyone in the SBC really speak against racism?
In 1995, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution apologizing for its past ties to systemic racism and repenting of its founding history rooted in support for slavery. In 2015, the SBC adopted a resolution vowing to “rededicate ourselves to…
Why does Matt Walsh think all Somalis are ‘low IQ’?
Shortly after the brutal murder of Renee Good at the hands of federal ICE agents, self-described “theocratic fascist” and conservative personality Matt Walsh took to X not just to defend the murder but to mock the murdered. Calling Good a…
American Christians morally and spiritually fractured
I rarely read an op-ed by John Pavlovitz without exclaiming, “I wish I had written that!” That was especially true when I saw his Dec. 5 piece on “America’s Divide Isn’t About Politics Anymore.” I may not be able to…
Christianity Today hires a Black woman and the white right goes nuts
Within hours of Christianity Today announcing that longtime pastor and scholar Nicole Massie Martin had been elected its next president and CEO, a familiar chorus of online racist and patriarchal critics declared the flagship evangelical magazine is no longer really…