We began this chapter with a question given to us by the Christian leaders of color we have interviewed across the nation: “How can one group of Christians continually hurt and betray their fellow Christians from different racial backgrounds?” Our answer is perhaps unexpected, controversial to some, and yet crystal clear: We have had the wrong focus. We have been viewing the problem only through the lens of Christianity when we instead needed to consider both Christianity and the ROW. Through this lens, we can see that the betrayal occurs because many white Christians are practicing what we
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