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Straight White American Jesus

The Bad Faith War on Critical Race Theory

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Brad speaks with Dr. Charles McKinney, a historian of the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Church in the South. Dr. McKinney puts the conservative war on Critical Race Theory in historical perspective, explaining how it works as a deflective strategy to demonize racial justice phenomena without directly demonizing Black people and other people of color. They finish by analyzing how White Christians have framed Rafael Warnock as neither a real Christian, nor a real American--the same tact used to castigate Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black Christian leaders before him. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 SWAJ Apparel is here! https://straight-white-american-jesus.creator-spring.com/listing/not-today-uncle-ron To Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Venmo: @straightwhitejc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to an irreverent podcast.

0:03.7

Visit irreverent.fm for more content from our amazing lineup of creators.

0:21.0

Welcome to Straight Wide American Jesus.

0:22.8

My name is Brad O'Neishie, faculty and religion at Skidmore College.

0:26.5

Our show is hosted in partnership with the CapCenter at UC S.

0:30.8

and I'm joined by someone who has a connection to UCSB,

0:33.8

who grew up in its shadows, along with many other places,

0:37.8

and that is Dr. Charles McKinney,

0:39.8

who is the Neville, Fryerson, Brian Chair of Africana Studies,

0:43.8

and the Director of Africana Studies at Rhodes College,

0:46.8

where he is also Associate Professor of History.

0:48.8

Dr. McKinney is the author of Greater Freedom,

0:51.8

the Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina.

0:55.8

He's also the co-editor of an unseen light,

0:58.8

black struggles for freedom in Memphis, Tennessee.

1:01.8

And I will also add my former colleague at Rhodes College

1:04.8

and one of the people who was nicest to me day in and day out,

1:08.8

which oftentimes just meant saying hello,

1:11.8

but then extended all the way to actually conversations

1:15.8

and getting to know one another and all kinds of things.

1:18.8

So Dr. McKinney, Chuck, as I know you,

1:21.8

thanks for joining me.

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