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Thoroughly Equipped Season 2 Episode 38

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has been a hot topic in the economic sphere, but it’s actually not limited there. This anti-racist infiltration has made a huge mark in the education realm and now has for the last couple of years gained access to Christian institutions and organizations.

Under the last step given to white bridge builders in the Be the Bridge 101 guide, Be the Bridge exposes their desire to fundamentally change the church by defeating the white supremacy within it. How do they believe this work is done? Through Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training But not merely diversifying the leadership, but working toward equity and inclusion of, not only race, but theological views.

How might diversity, equity, and inclusion come into your church? Let’s dive in…

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In part 2 of studying the legacy of Margaret Sanger, we look at what she had to say in speeches, books, and articles.

Sanger's "birth control" may seem as innocuous as she articulated sometimes, but her goals were far more top-down.

Eugenics, Malthusian population control, and racial bias all played a role in Sanger's totalitarian prescriptions for society.

After we see some of what she proposed as laws for the U.S. government, we can be thankful it never materialized.

Sources Consulted:

Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography (archive.org)

Margaret Sanger, The Pivot of Civilization, (New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1922) [Google Books]

Margaret Sanger, Woman and the New Race, (New York: Truth Publishing Company, 1920)[Google Books]

Document 17B: W. E. B. Du Bois, "Black Folk and Birth Control," Birth Control Review, 16, no. 6 (June 1932): 166-67, by W.E.B. Du Bois. Included in What Perspectives Did African American Advocates Bring to the Birth Control Movement and How Did Those Perspectives Shape the History of the Harlem Branch Birth Control Clinic?, by Carole McCann. (Binghamton, NY: State University of New York at Binghamton, 2006).

John J. Conley, S.J., "Margaret Sanger’s extreme brand of eugenics," America: The Jesuit Review, July 28, 2020.

Brian Fisher, "The ABC’s of the American Baby Code," Human Coalition, accessed November 25, 2023.

Jonah Goldberg, "A Dark Past," National Review, June 24, 2008.

Scriptures Referenced:

Deuteronomy 7:14

Psalm 113:9; 127:3-5

1 Timothy 2:15

2 Corinthians 4:1-4

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