Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking the Gospel - and the Way to Stop It

by Owen Strachan

Rah argues that systemic racism is pervasive in the United States, a reality which has become more and more evident through the high-profile shootings of unarmed black men by white police officers.13 In such cases, non-black Christian outsiders should lament with their black brothers and sisters, joining in their cries to God voiced out of pain and outrage.14 The author argues that, when faced with the reality of injustice against blacks: Our claims must first shift from the defensive posture of “I am not a racist” to “I am responsible and culpable in the corporate sin of racism.” We must move from “let’s just get over it” to “how do I personally continue to perpetuate systems of privilege?”15