When Grammy-winning hip hop artist Lecrae, who is both Christian and black, began speaking up about Ferguson and black lives matter, the backlash from his white evangelical fans came swiftly. In response to his posts on social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook, commenters said he was playing the “race card” and creating division.22 And when Lecrae said he was praying for Ferguson, the first response in a long thread of replies reads “#Pray4Police” as if in rebuttal to the need to pray for the black people affected by the tragedy.23
