I am still resentful about how many Christian voices spent the summer of 2020 lecturing good-hearted Christians for their alleged complicity in racism and white supremacy.

Sermons were preached, articles were written, podcasts and roundtable discussions were posted, all lamenting the problem of “systemic racism” in our majority-white country.

People who don’t have a racist bone in their bodies sat in the pews and were scolded for their part in “biases” and “injustices” in sermons taken from Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi books rather than God’s Word.

On social media, we were scolded for not participating in the “say Black Lives Matter” game. Of course we think they matter. Having to say it to prove it is like answering the “have you stopped beating your wife” question.

Performative self-flagellation was the only way to avoid suspicion: “As a white person, I know I haven’t done enough… It’s my turn to listen.” Any who denied their racism only proved how racist they are, because such claims showed their “white fragility.” It was awful.

And now there’s the Karmelo Anthony/Austin Metcalf issue...

April 17, 2025

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