Sublime

The sin of “indifference” is noted by many of these early advocates of racial reconciliation. To sit on the sidelines while unequal and oppressive forces harm part of the Christian community is a grievous wrong.

Demonstrate “Christian behaviors” so significant people think well of me

Unfortunately, it is rare for white people to own and repair our inevitable patterns of racism. Thus, relationships with white people tend to be less authentic for people of color.

went through life: the core group and the othered group.

Among complementarians, other doctrinal commitments seemed to pale in comparison to beliefs about gender, and ideas about male authority and the subordination of women increasingly came to distinguish “true evangelicals from pseudo evangelicals.”

Ireland. She is moved by his conviction that a central piece of the practice of leadership is “helping people to see the contradictions in such a way that they can discover what is in everybody’s best interest”—what Heifetz describes as “recognizing the gap that signals adaptive work.”

we were led to move beyond the old idea that racial problems result from ignorant, prejudiced, mean people (and that evangelicals are such people).

In a couple of other studies, Black women reported more distinct leadership values—suggesting that Black women leaders tend to embody emotional intelligence, championing staff, authenticity, and resilience more than their counterparts in other groups.

Of all racial groups, whites are the most likely to choose segregation and are the group most likely to be in the social and economic position to do so.21 Growing up in segregation (our schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, shopping districts, places of worship, entertainment, social gatherings, and elsewhere) reinforces the message that our experien