Racism and religious language (Wallis)
August 26th, 2007 | Published in Race, Quotes, Politics, Religion | 1 Comment
Why do so many liberals seem supportive of religious language when it is invoked by black civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., but recoil when such language is employed by white political leaders? Is there a subtle kind of racism going on here, where religion is okay for liberals as long as it comes from black or poor people? Are black people supposed to be culturally religious (love those black choirs), while white believers are intellectually suspect?
–Jim Wallis, God’s Politics (2005), p. 69-70
August 30th, 2007 at 12:05 pm (#)
I would even go so far as to say there is a kind of racism / prejudice against white Christians, period. Using religious language is ok for Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims, no matter what their ethnicity. But let a Caucasian Christian stand up for their moral and religious beliefs, and they’re intolerant. This was my experience on the university campus.