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Well good evening everyone. I only deal with expressive audiences. Good evening everyone.

Welcome to the five year celebration of Jamark Hisisbee's landmark work, The Color of Compromise.

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Speaking of the Color of Compromise, a wise man once said these words, history and

scripture teaches us that there can be no reconciliation without repentance. There can

be no repentance without confession and There can be no repentance without confession.

And there can be no confession without truth.

The color of compromise is about telling the truth

so that reconciliation, robust, consistent, honest reconciliation. the Americans in general try to circumvent the truth-telling process in their haste to arrive at

reconciliation. This book tells the truth about racism in the American church in order to

facilitate authentic human solidarity.

Five years ago, these words, among thousands of others in this book,

were introduced into the church.

And these words have changed the trajectory of lives,

of churches, of generations, and the way

the American Church thinks about racism.

And it is our honor to be here to celebrate Dr. Jamartisbee's work.

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