By Jemar Tisby | Relevant Magazine
Published in July of 2020
SUMMARY: After breaking down what privilege means author Jemar Tisby gives Christians ways to engage in their local communities while giving a Biblical framework for understanding privilege and how to use it for good.
KEY QUOTE: “Privilege, however, doesn’t mean white people don’t struggle. Rather, it says that in all those struggles, race was not an additional obstacle.”
DID YOU KNOW?: We have curated numerous other articles on white privilege, take a look.
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More curated articles on white privilege:
ARTICLE: Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person
Penned from a person who grew up extremely poor the author sympathizes with why poor white people react vehemently against the term white privilege, but ultimately comes to the conclusion that white privilege does exist and perhaps why so many poor white people have a problem with the term is because classism is mixed up in the term.
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ARTICLE: American Christianity’s White-Supremacy Problem
A thorough history of the church and its complicity with racism and white supremacy doctrine. An excellent starting point to learning about the church and racism working hand in hand. The next step would be to read or watch The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby.
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ARTICLE: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
An excerpt from the paper that started it all. Instead of categorically dismissing intersectionality, read the original paper and come to an opinion yourself. We found it to be compelling and a useful exercise to answer the twenty six questions included in the excerpt.
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