Opinion | How white Catholic and Protestant churches fed American racism — and still do

Consider the cultural context in which American Christianity, both Protestant and Catholic, was born. In the 18th and 19th centuries, as Protestant churches were springing up in newly settled territories after Native American populations were forcibly removed, it was common practice — observed, for example, at the Baptist church that was the progenitor of my parents' church in Macon, Georgia — for slaveholding whites to take enslaved people to church with them.

In these seedbeds of American Christianity, an a priori commitment to white supremacy shaped what could be practiced and preached . Such early distortions influenced how white Christians came to embody and understand their faith and determined what was handed down from one generation to the next.

THINK Jones is promoting his book being published now 🤔 He lists study controls: none for generation/age. Who attends church most? Also, his research, which is linked, conflicts with CATO’s about church goers & equates personally held racism w/ recognizing systemic racism

THINK Check out the United Church of Christ denomination with offices in Cleveland. Think you will find a more open acceptance among congregations.

THINK I'm Catholic and this is incorrect. My cousins Christian Church spent the last 20 yrs I know of raising money to build planes so Africans can get mail, food and supplies to remote villages. They want to retire to Africa to help the needy. How many on this thread want to sign up?

THINK WHAT A LOAD OF BULLSHIT. IT'S THE DEMOCRATS YOU SUPPORT WHO'S WHOLE HISTORY UP TO PRESENT DAY WHO ARE THE RACIST. WE ALL KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOCRATS THERE'S A LACK OF GOD IN THEIR LIVES. THE PARTY OF LINCOLN WHO HAVE FAITH

THINK Wow

THINK Shame on you NBC...when you have the opportunity to be a leader, you drop a story like this that proves you can take any false narrative and make it seem true. Shame

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THINK All those Klan lynchings had plenty of bibles and preachers there

THINK You mean this: one of the most common portrayals.

THINK Yes we get the play book..religion bad government good.. I miss America

THINK Oh And I suppose black churches are full of non racist? My ass!

THINK The white church sings, 'Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown?' Across the road, the black church answers: 'No, Not One.' 😊

THINK Womp womp. Thanks for the latest update in race bait. You should dedicate an entire news division to it.

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THINK “surveys conducted by PRRI in ‘18 found that white Christians... are nearly twice as likely as religiously unaffiliated whites to say the killings of Black men by police are isolated incidents rather than part of a pattern of how police treat African Americans.” This is “racist?”

THINK I’ve thought this for a long time... Not surprised. “Nobody hates likes a Christian”

THINK If you want to learn about racism, read the holy texts from all the religions cattle

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THINK You’re kidding me right?

THINK No, it's not. The church bent over backwards to defend slavery and claimed it was biblical.

THINK Wasn’t Jesus African?

THINK This from the beginning of time God gave us all free will We all make a choice what kinda person we are Guess what If the story of Jesus being born here People in that side of the world isn't white But plz stop think all white folks are racist I've heard Look to the fruit the

THINK Anyone else see the agenda here

THINK How about sticking with news instead of Virtue Signaling propaganda? 🤡

THINK That is THE MOST IGNORANT LIE!!! 🤬

THINK BS opinion! Ask yourself why so many Democrat and Hollywood elitists are in favor of late term abortion and then write an opinion on that!

THINK Stop with the church

THINK Odd. Makes sense why Christians, above even government agencies, have traveled the world helping people of all races. nbcnews sounds racists, to me.

THINK Your smear campaigns aren’t working. These aren’t the people that have been rioting, killing people, & burning the country down for the past 60 days. You’re propagating a myth.

THINK Yep and I went to a catholic school and lord better help them because racism is a liveeeeee there.

THINK No shit Sherlock.

THINK Well then they are not Christians are they?

THINK Holier the thou.

THINK Shocker.

THINK This is absolute nonsense

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THINK This is the ugly truth & explains the Trump Bible shoot photo op. His base is of this ilk.

THINK This is bigotry and hate speech

THINK Christians are tribal. Whites are tribal. Conservatives are tribal. Combine the three?

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