Christianity Today Spreads the Poison of “White Fragility”

At the beginning I will concede one good thing about Ed Stetzer’s introduction to CT’s series on White Fragility: it is a good summary of that book by Robin DiAngelo.

And the book is the usual Cultural Marxist poison, such as: Blacks can’t be racist because they lack power, so reverse racism doesn’t exist; America is founded upon evil; white privilege; “I judge people by the content of their character, not the color of their skin” is racist.  And, of course, like a good Marxist, DiAngelo blames white people if they don’t respond positively to this rubbish.  Such have “white fragility.”

The proper role of a Christian publication if it decides to address such a book is to thoroughly debunk such poison, not promote it.  But not Stetzer and Christianity Today:

Let me encourage you to get the book, [Yes, help DiAngelo make money off her poison! –Ed.] read it, and then we will think it through together in this series.

Now that we are all familiar with the basic premises of DiAngelo’s argument, I am pleased to introduce the other authors who will join us in discussing White Fragility over the next several weeks. As previously mentioned, the second round of authors will be responding to the book and the initial five articles. I am pleased that George Yancey, a contributor for part one, will be contributing to the second round of articles as well.

And as I look over the nine contributors, I notice a number of woke ones.  I notice only one likely to push back against DiAngelo – Neil Shenvi.  (Granted, I am not familiar with every contributor.)

This promotion and what will surely be a stacked discussion of this poisonous book is appalling.  But such is what happens eventually when you have an Evangelical Church of What’s Happening Now eager to be blown about by every wind of doctrine. (Ephesians 4:14)