WHY BLACK PEOPLE SO CHRISTIAN? [Lester]
It makes no logical sense. The American church is aligned with the political right/conservatism which has never been true to people of color. Reaganomics, regressive taxation, Clarence Thomas, crack and uhh... slavery. So why the love?
The story of Black America from day one has been about oppression, direct. It's a story about a people with no home, marginalized, underdogs... a world where slaves feel pain and hurt but are bought and sold like objects. It goes against Descartes and the logic of existence, backing people into an illogical world, one that requires faith and some form of optimism to survive.
As the world changed and it became economically (and only a little socially) challenging to continue direct slavery, America turned to indirect forms of oppression, cultural/social/economic/legal systems that kept and are keeping much of Black America in challenging positions (sharecropping, gerrymandering, segregation, model minority oppression, regressive education policy, etc...). As such, life still requires faith and the story of the bible, one of an oppressed people, an underdog's tale, with tragedy (realism) mixed with triumph (hope) to solidify faith. Aside from faith, there's the legacy of community associated with the church that lets it serve a social function even without the bible.
As for Korean Baptists, I don't understand their shit at all.
(they hot though.)
The story of Black America from day one has been about oppression, direct. It's a story about a people with no home, marginalized, underdogs... a world where slaves feel pain and hurt but are bought and sold like objects. It goes against Descartes and the logic of existence, backing people into an illogical world, one that requires faith and some form of optimism to survive.
As the world changed and it became economically (and only a little socially) challenging to continue direct slavery, America turned to indirect forms of oppression, cultural/social/economic/legal systems that kept and are keeping much of Black America in challenging positions (sharecropping, gerrymandering, segregation, model minority oppression, regressive education policy, etc...). As such, life still requires faith and the story of the bible, one of an oppressed people, an underdog's tale, with tragedy (realism) mixed with triumph (hope) to solidify faith. Aside from faith, there's the legacy of community associated with the church that lets it serve a social function even without the bible.
As for Korean Baptists, I don't understand their shit at all.
(they hot though.)
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