White supremacy deflects blame from Christianity onto culture when exposed

Evidence

And the dominant white supremacist culture that American Christianity has sustained has returned the favor by deflecting any attempt to trace the ideology to its religious source. White Christian ministers and churches can assert inerrant biblical teachings that people of African descent are, a few thousand years removed, the descendants of Cain in the Old Testament who was punished by God for disobedience with a physical mark; that the God of the universe has chosen whites to civilize and dominate the earth; and that the separation of the races, particularly white and black in this middle part of North America, is unquestionably God ordained. And when the arc of history finally reveals these Christian teachings on which so many of us were raised for what they are—that is, racist—the culture rather than Christianity takes the fall. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 70

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: the ‘culture takes the fall’ deflection mechanism as a recurring feature of beliefs that are simultaneously asserted inerrant and disavowed under pressure — compare with other systems that scapegoat the vehicle rather than the doctrine.
• DEEPTHINKING: The feedback loop — religion sustains supremacy and supremacy deflects blame back off religion — is a precise, self-protecting systemic description.
• XREF: connects to: Christian theology and institutions served as the central support for American white supremacy — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 32; White supremacy now operates unconsciously inside white Christian identity — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 40; Racist theology deflects blame to culture when its doctrines are exposed. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 70 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Racist theology deflects blame to culture when its doctrines are exposed. #corroborates (0.92) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 70