If Christians wish to pursue justice in the nation, then they must be prepared to face professional costs just like Colin Kaepernick.

If Christians wish to pursue justice in the nation, then they must be prepared to face professional costs just like Colin Kaepernick.
In the wake of the Charlottesville rally — and the country’s ongoing racial tension — we look to the church and ask, “White pastors, will you now work to end white supremacy?”
White supremacy has always found a way to make black people culpable for their own persecution.
Many people in the U.S. seem to think there is some magical date when the nation achieved victory over racism. Maybe they trace this social V-day back to 1964 when the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. Maybe the date is 1965 with the passage of the Voting Rights Acts. No matter the date, we have not crossed any historical line into a society where race is no longer a salient category.