By Audre Lorde — 2012
Racism. The belief in the inherent superiority of one race over all others and thereby the right to dominance, manifest and implied.
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Barber makes clear his belief that the role of Christians is to call for social justice and allow the “rejected stones” of American society—the poor, people of color, women, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, religious minorities—to lead the way.
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