ARTICLE: Becoming less defensive about white privilege

By Peter W. Marty | ChristianityCentury.com
Published in July of 2020

SUMMARY: A short, powerful article that calls on Christians to use their faith to examine their behavior and perspectives.

KEY QUOTE: “Reexamining personal behaviors and perspectives isn’t just a Lenten project. We no longer have the luxury of living racially unaware lives. Where you feel uncomfortable, dis empower it. Let go of your brittleness. The Lord helps us know that we don’t have to secure ourselves against insecurity.”

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