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Kristen Hubert's avatar

This is so disheartening. I just watched the YouTube interview that you did with her (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C-xaaFm2kk) and am blown away by the depth and breadth of her comp. class. I would have loved to have had such a rich, well-developed writing course when I was in college. What a loss to the university and what damage continues to be done in the name of Christianity.

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Kristi's avatar

This makes me so angry.

I too, was censored after reading some of Dr. Tisby’s work and attempting to share what we can do as the people of God to increase our awareness of racial injustice and work against injustice as we are compelled to do by the gospel.

In my case, I was on the strategic board at a large church and became too much of a political liability and would need to sign a new policy assuring that I would not say anything publicly in person or online that would “distract from the mission and vision of the church”

I ended up leaving that post because staying would have been a violation of my conscience. Subsequently, my friend and associate pastor at the church was also fired for similar reasons, although that was not the public narrative that was put forward.

I continue to be angry about all of this and every time I read the prophets, I wonder how the church has become so blind and beholden to state power and anti-gospel ideologies like white supremacy and conservative politics.

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