{"id":103025,"date":"2023-12-12T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/?p=103025"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:49:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:49:06","slug":"please-think-better-about-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2023\/12\/please-think-better-about-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Think Better about Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I shouldn\u2019t be surprised by now but I still am. As both a pastor and a scholar, I continue to face what I can only describe as sloppy modes of thinking about race. I\u2019m sure you see it too. It came to my mind recently in considering the controversy over the statements of university presidents concerning the Israel\/Hamas war, but specifically Michael Harriot\u2019s tweet (yes, I will continue to call them tweets and I will call the platform Twitter):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I love how \u201cthe Blacks\u201d get stuff because of affirmative action and DEI<\/p>\n
But 99% of Fortune 500 execs, 45\/46 presidents, 99.9% of all Senators & fed judges ever, every Harvard president & all those white meemaws & pawpaws got their stuff bc of hard work, intelligence & ability<\/p>\n
\u2014 Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n