it really is one’s religion that matters, even when we account for other factors.8

All of this adds up to what we can call white supremacy, the social system that functions to move symbolic and material resources from people of color to whites.

The unsettling truth is that, for nearly all of American history, the Jesus conjured by most white congregations was not merely indifferent to the status quo of racial inequality; he demanded its defense and preservation as a part of the natural, divinely ordained order of things.15

The three political lies: 1.From Hobbes, government is not about the common good or providing basic needs. It is about preserving property. 2.From Hobbes and Locke, economics is a moral-free math. Humanity’s equality need not translate to economic equity. 3.From Smith, justice is retributive—it is about punishing rule-breakers—not about making

White dominance means the hoarding of resources, power, and privilege over other groups.

The decline among white practicing Christians was found across age groups—white Boomers declined, white Gen Xers declined, and even white Millennials declined. The white Millennial decline is especially notable in that a majority believed America had a race problem in 2019, but only a minority said the same in 2020.

“Race in America is a form of religious faith, and we will never be able to understand or address it with the necessary knowledge, energy or commitment until we comprehend its true architecture.”

the source of collective effervescence for believers in the Religion of Whiteness—is whiteness itself.

“opportunity hoarding.”