Often religious traditions, invested as they are in what many think of as the mythic and fantastical, are not given credit for being invested in anything real. But the Black Church is one of the historic structuring institutions for the social life of Black people, and it has always known that part of Black survival is about having the best tools to assess what is and is not a real threat. In other words, the Black Church doesn’t have the luxury of acting like white supremacy, sexism, and homophobia aren’t real. These structural forces take Black lives every day, sometimes through violent
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