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AUGUST 2020 | Personal UPDATE
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Tim Tyler Counselor, Koinonia House
FACING THE RISING THREAT OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY
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iots, hate, and hopelessness are becoming more and more of a problem in America. The church can bring relief; we can be the salt that preserves and light that shows the way. Unfortunately, vast numbers of believers are late coming on the scene and have trouble understanding what they are dealing with. Time is short, so we need to ask God to guide and use us; giving us eyes to see, ears to hear, and mouths to speak His words. It helps to understand that we We are reaping the fruit are reaping the fruit of the seed of the seed philosophers, philosophers, educators, and authors educators, and authors have been sowing for decades; have been sowing for that seed is called Critical Theory. decades; that seed is Here’s an example from an op-ed in called Critical Theory. Philadelphia of the thinking Critical Theory encourages: Racism isn’t something white people can cure themselves of just by wanting to. You can read a thousand books, go to hundreds of protests, and talk to dozens of Black people — but until the systems of oppression are permanently dismantled, white people are forever stained with the guilt and shame of racism.1 That is the battle cry in the streets today: dismantle the systems of oppression! As you listen to people who are calling for change, you may have trouble deciphering what they say, but it makes complete sense to them because they’ve been indoctrinated in Critical Theory. 1 https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/06/15/white-people-ally-culture/ VOLUME 30 | ISSUE 08 |
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