“Racism” Articles

The tragic history of racism can be traced directly to the lust for wealth.

This religious fervor for keeping people in their place is what has allowed caste systems to endure, like a virus in the human heart.

God’s freedom rooted in constraints gives peace to His followers and hope to those outside the Church looking in.

Some Christians want their version of revival so desperately that they try to force revival through fearmongering.

Believing in yourself (as in the talents God has given you) coupled with believing that God will take care of you, is a taste of unadulterated faith.

Unfortunately, one reason Schindler’s List stays evergreen is that racism will always be a problem.

Black Americans have been prophesying to the rest of America about these injustices, because we’ve lived these stories time and again.

If Exodus voices our collective hunger for deliverance, it also calls us to work for deliverance, toward liberatory action.

The lesson is that if we don’t tell the true stories, if we fail to pass them down to future generations, the lies will rush into the vacuum and take over.

The Quarry suggests that the awareness of our own sinfulness violently awakens us to our need for a new life.

We must also educate ourselves, immersing ourselves in the stories and experiences of the Black communities and individuals in America.

If we are willing, our bookshelves and our readings lists can have an incarnational bent.

Pop culture is a powerful force for change, and these picks from Christ and Pop Culture staff members are a great place to start.

We look back on Jaunary 2020 pop culture and unpack engagement with the Iowa Caucus and the impact of Kobe’s death on the black community.

Jesus’ creative work mirrors that of Black’s creators.

So as we nod our heads, bounce our shoulders, and rap with Childish Gambino in “This is America,” we need not disregard the America he and many others perceive, nor dilute it down to sensationalized art.