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“The sociology of many white communities shapes the theology of their churches, making them “conformed to the world” and disobedient to the gospel.”
― Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

“For people of faith and conscience, these issues about implicit racial bias and the realities of white privilege in our society are not just political matters; they are moral and religious questions.”
― Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

“Prejudice may indeed be a universal human sin that all races can exhibit, but racism is more than an inevitable consequence of human nature or social accident. Rather, racism is a system of oppression for social and economic purposes. As many analysts have suggested, racism is prejudice plus power.”
― Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

“Whiteness is not just an ideology; it is also an idol. For people of faith, this is not just a political issue but a religious one as well. Idols separate us from God, and the idolatry of “whiteness” has separated white people from God. It gives us an identity that is false, one filled with wrongful pride, one that perpetuates both injustice and oppression. Whiteness is an idol of lies, arrogance, and violence. This idol blinds us to our true identity as the children of God, because, of course, God’s children are of every color that God has made them to be. To believe otherwise is to separate ourselves from God and the majority of God’s children on this planet who are people of color.”
― Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America