The Color of Compromise - Session 1 - The Color of Compromise
Color of Compromise (Jemar Tisby)
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17m
A survey of the history of racism and the church shows that the story is worse than most imagine. European colonists brought with them ideas of white superiority and paternalism toward darker-skinned people. Minor repairs by the weekend-warrior racial reconcilers won’t fix a flawed foundation. The church needs the Carpenter from Nazareth to deconstruct the house that racism built and remake it into a house for all nations.
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