However, I was constantly left wondering two things: 1) as a pastor, what would I have done back then?, and 2) what should I be doing now that I’m not? The righteous anger is, I’m sure, self-explanatory. It was difficult because it created so many visceral emotions of righteous anger and uncomfortable wondering. Not because I disagree with the thesis, or was even unprepared for the topic I knew he was going to address. As a white pastor in the United States, this book was challenging to say the least. I cannot underscore how important Jemar’s book is–which is why I couldn’t contain myself to a shorter quote list. The twist is, many white readers have rarely–if ever–visited this street before. Jemar Tisby–self-described as a Christian, historian, writer, and speaker–takes readers on a trip down memory lane. It pulls back the curtain on the ways American Christians have collaborated with racism for centuries” (16).
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