The Color of Compromise - Session 2 - Making Race in the Colonial Era
Color of Compromise (Jemar Tisby)
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23m
Christianity served as a force to help construct racial categories in the colonial period. Instead of highlighting the dignity of all human beings, European missionaries told Africans that Christianity should make them more obedient and loyal to their earthly masters. But if racism can be made, it can be unmade. Christians must turn their efforts toward propagating a more authentically biblical message of human equality, regardless of skin color.
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