{"id":1123,"date":"2013-10-22T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/10\/religious-racism-are-good-christians-more-racist-than-others.html"},"modified":"2013-10-22T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:42:00","slug":"religious-racism-are-good-christians-more-racist-than-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/10\/religious-racism-are-good-christians-more-racist-than-others.html","title":{"rendered":"Religious Racism: Are \u2018Good\u2019 Christians More Racist Than Others?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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My perspective is that of one who worked in the church for 40+ years, and is now on the outside, looking (occasionally) in. From that point of view, I honestly don\u2019t believe church folk are more racist than their secular cousins. Sadly, they aren\u2019t any less racist, either.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The difference is the way racism gets expressed.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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From most pulpits, there is strong condemnation of racism in all its forms. The message that sends to the pews is that, officially, racism won\u2019t be accepted here. I\u2019m sure that, in the sealed rooms where search committees reject your leadership, no one actually says \u201cwe don\u2019t want a bloody Paki (your words) for a minister\u201d. Such overt racism would be shocking to other members; after all, whatever else they may be, church folks strive to be \u201cnice\u201d. But when it\u2019s time to actually raise their hands and vote between you and a pretty, thirty-something woman with blond hair and blue eyes, well, you know how it goes. Within the church, \u201ctalking racist\u201d is not acceptable \u2014 so the practice goes underground, surfacing only covertly.<\/span><\/div>\n
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