Christopher Thyberg, MSW is a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education studying the school-to-prison pipeline, discriminatory school practices, and student engagement.

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Diversity Is Not About Charity

by Christopher Thyberg 10-19-2018

Tucker Carlson. Photo by Gage Skidmore. 

For too many Christians, the argument that we should love others because Jesus told us to becomes a begrudging obligation rather than a willful choice. If the only thing that drives Christians to accept disenfranchised people is Jesus, there is a lack of authenticity in that connection. The implication is that without Jesus, there would be no intrinsic value to diversity.