Rev. Jim Wallis told Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, “White privilege is the benefit of White supremacy.” He added, “No matter where I go, no matter what I say, no matter where I live, no matter who my allies are — no matter how much I fight against racism — I as a White man can never escape White privilege in this country.”
Reading (Monday’s) front-page article on the police forums, maybe it would be more helpful for citizens attending the forums to tell their stories first and ask the police officers to work on finding common ground with them.
For the last decade, progressive evangelicals have rallied around social justice issues like poverty, racism and human trafficking. This week a gathering of Christian leaders brought another cause to the top of the agenda: domestic violence.
“Make yourself at home” – we might say to a friend who is a guest at our house. Planet Earth is, as the sub-title of the Pope’s new encyclical calls it, the ‘common home’ for humanity. And it’s a home that is increasingly falling into disrepair, due to lack of care by the tenants to whom it has been entrusted.
Beyond (certainly important) issues like the economy, education, taxes and foreign policy, this season brings a number of issues related to justice that Christian voters should consider when looking at candidates.
This actually ought to make enviros hopeful. Francis’s encyclical may help move American public opinion at the margins.
"I want to give credit to the impetus that religious communities have brought to this issue," Biden said, applauding evangelical faith leaders such as Jim Wallis, as well as Francis.