We act like whiteness doesn't hurt or change us. Perhaps, whiteness, white blindness, white supremacy hurts "others" but we like to believe that it doesn't damage our faith. We're wrong, of course. We are blinded to so much by the socialization

Robin DiAngelo & Robert P. Jones: White Fragility & Why America has been White Too Long

Mar 26th, 2021 1h 15m

We've been White Too Long for way too long. Our white church, our white faith, and our white identities are way too Fragile. What will it take to change the church? Robin DiAngelo, PhD, returns and joins Robert P. Jones, PhD, and the Racial Her

White Too Long: De-White Christianizing America

Feb 25th, 2021 1h 7m

Racial Heresy engages with Dr. Robert P. Jones, author of “White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity,” to explore beyond the damning statistics to the future of our faith, trying to find a way to extricate white sup

What is Our Role in the Midst of a Coup?

Jan 7th, 2021 24m 40s

We recorded this episode on the MORNING of Jan 6th, 2021, before an armed mob of angry white folks stormed the United States Capital. So now what? Repentance & Reclaiming our Authority Does the white Church have a role in these violent

Gifts Across the Color Line to Make the Word Flesh in Our Midsts

Dec 24th, 2020 1h 2m

I never meant to do this episode, so I don't have a prepared post or a well-worded blurb. Yes, the Spirt spoke (mostly to Fr. Jabriel and Pr. Jimmie), so I tried to catch up. I hope you'll do better than me and listen.It's rare we let our w

White Supremacy Lessons & Carols

Dec 24th, 2020 4m 35s

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?Yeah, us neither. But we hope you enjoy this Christmas mini-album!https://youtu.be/9vsNDMlN1CYWorking toward Beloved Community.There is so much more to say and much more to discuss - c

The Incarnation of Advocacy for Black Identity.

Dec 18th, 2020 20m 52s

Black identity is under attack, once again, in the Georgia runoff. White allies are tired from the "hard work" of getting Trump out of office. We're ready to return to normal. Will the white church find the courage to advocate for the right of

What To Do With Heresy? We Were Warned, Now What?

Dec 9th, 2020 37m 34s

St. Paul admonishes us to be on our guard and warns us about savage wolves that will come to pull away the faithful. The book of Jude (yup, it's in the Bible, keep looking...) warns us of the dangers of false teachers, but what do we do with he

Election 2020 – Where is God? Where are YOU?

Nov 4th, 2020 39m 27s

On the morning of November 4th, 2020, Racial Heresy went LIVE! For the first time ever, events were so pressing, the pressure so great, and the Spirit was moving so that we finally took to Facebook Live to process the results of the election (s

When Will We Start Listening?

Oct 14th, 2020 22m 46s

When will we start listening to God and when will we start listening to Black experience? If white people are serious about reconciliation, then we should one day find ourselves reconciling with white supremacists. If white people really li

Murderous Intent – Jacob & Esau for 2020

Sep 25th, 2020 36m 51s

How should a person or a people respond when their sisters and brothers are trying to kill them? How can the church watch the murderous intent of white supremacy and our society continue everyday shielded by the law?Is separation, isolation

Institutional Humility and a Strong Black Identity

Aug 28th, 2020 30m 37s

Our churches, our communities, and our organizations need institutional humility as much as any of us as individuals need humility; and our churches, communities, and organizations must support strong Black identity as much or more than any one

We Need a Way Where there is No Way

Jul 17th, 2020 30m 25s

We need a way to justice, equality, but when white people try to "DO" the right thing, we take over. When white people try to just "BE", we hardly ever change enough to make a difference. But maybe this time is different?White people a

White Supremacy & the Log that Blinds the Church Amidst Racial Discord

Jun 17th, 2020 27m 49s

The violence of White Supremacy continues on brazen public display...Leaders of government, of communities, of religious institutions are fanning the flames of racial discord. But with violence being brought to light and white people pa

The Road to Nineveh: Episode 4 – History

Mar 16th, 2019 38m 30s

Our history is messy and broken. It is painful and traumatic. How do we learn, confront, remember, deal-with, integrate, and overcome our history? How can our history inform our faith and help keep us in communion as we all journey towards beco

The Road to Nineveh: Episode 5 – Fear

Mar 16th, 2019 24m 42s

I'm afraid. I'm afraid of failing my Black sisters and brothers. I still want to do the "right thing" but I keep living my life out of the socialized White Supremacy I've been taught. How do we move, grow, change, and transform? How do we live

The Road to Nineveh: Episode 3 – Centering Whiteness

Mar 15th, 2019 26m 23s

How do we maintain and retain power in whiteness in the Church? How do we dethrone the standards of whiteness as the measure by which all other experiences are judged? What will it take to bring Black voices to the center of our Faith?

The Road to Nineveh: Episode 2 – Black Power

Mar 15th, 2019 38m 17s

Can a Black man tell the White Church anything that we'll hear? What scares the the White Church about Black Power? How do our socialized "progressive" views of power, neediness, charity, and race interfere with honest, mutually supportive rela

The Road to Nineveh: Episode 1 – White Comfort

Mar 15th, 2019 42m 59s

How do we make the shift from a calculus of White Comfort? If comfort means "with strength," then how do we send people forth in the strength of the Gospel to become Beloved Community? How do we fill people with courage instead of leaving the

White Fragility: Robin DiAngelo on White Liberals Protecting Racism

May 22nd, 2018

White fragility...The knee-jerk reaction Whites get in momentary racially stressful situations.Some people might want to deny the existence of White fragility, but if you take time to hear it - you'll begin to recognize it for yourself. If

Allies or Frenemies: The Twisted Power Cravings of White Liberals

May 8th, 2018 50m 43s

White Liberals are often assumed to be allies to the struggle for equal rights and justice. They are supposed to be the friends of People of Color...the only ones we can trust.But does that position ever become merely a badge of honor? And wh

War, Patriotism and Christian Theology in Black And White

Apr 24th, 2018 42m 26s

The war machine is returning to public view...You know, it never went away. It just went virtual...drone strikes from remote locations right here in America.But with our war-footing on the rise, we ought to reconsider our positions.https:

The Good Christian Virtues of White Supremacists…

Apr 10th, 2018 17m 53s

Good Christian Virtues are hard to come by...especially these days. So, we have to hold on to the appearance of good.Even to our own detriment...Even if it means embracing trauma to oppress ourselves...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g8G

Challenging White Supremacy in Christian Art

Mar 29th, 2018 55m 48s

Challenging White supremacy is something we must do at all times and in many different ways.The thing is - White supremacy is so prevalent that we are always presented with opportunities for challenging the power structure. #ThanksBeToGodOn

Redemption & Humility: Two Sides of Racial Reconciliation

Mar 14th, 2018 13m 31s

What has Racial Heresy been up to?! We've been hard at work praying, thinking, arguing, and PUSHING the BOUNDARIES of racial reconciliation to explore redemption & humility - What White and Black folks need before we can be reconciled...https