Many of my White brothers and sisters have also felt the sting of others’ pushback against their bridge building. They’ve entered into the hard work of acknowledging their own systemic privileges, repenting of them, righting wrongs, and moving into restorative reconciliation. In doing so, they’ve taken heat from their White friends. They’ve been called names. They’ve been told there’s no reason to repent from wrongs so far back in history, no reason to stir up the past. Their churches have labeled them “liberal” or “leftist” or “snowflakes.” Still, they’ve continued to press into the work and
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