Welcome to the Breakpoint podcast in our Q&A segment Ask the Colson Center.

I'm Shane Morris, host of the upstream podcast and one of the writers for Breakpoint.

And I'm joined today by John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center and the host of Breakpoint.

And today we're answering your questions this week about structural racism and whether it's real,

the messages behind Disney and Pixar movies, especially the recent

ones, and what to do if you've already got frozen embryos and have gone through the IVF process,

plus much, much more. These questions were sparked by breakpoint commentaries, short courses,

articles, and the Colson Fellows program. If you'd like to send us a question, all you need to do is

email us at ask the Colson center at. If you'd like to send us a question, all you need to do is email us

at Ask the Colson Center at colsoncenter.org. John, the first question is about structural

racism, as I said, and it's sort of a request to respond to a common line or a common claim

that you'll hear about the status of racism in modern America and the modern world and what that has to do with this thing called critical theory.

We've talked so much about this, but it's still very important, I think, to make the kind of distinction that this listener is asking us to make

between recognizing systemic racism in the world as an extant reality, you know, without running over into an ideology

like critical race theory. This person says, I appreciate you guys tackling tough questions

and your thoughtful responses. I live in a rural area of central Pennsylvania. There's not much

racial diversity here. A majority are Pennsylvania Dutch or Amish. You'd be encouraged, as my pastor,

will regularly discuss cultural issues in his sermons such as abortion, homosexuality, and

transgenderism, as well as critical race theory. One of his big concerns is that evangelical

leaders will downplay sexual sins, but are very outspoken today on racism.

He's quoted one leader as saying, God whispers about sexual sins in the Bible.

My pastor says he hasn't heard any good examples of modern day structural racism.

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