and if i say that the transphobia, homophobia, and whorephobia that paved the way for fascism 2: electric boogalo was bred and nurtured in the church -- even the black church? - ThreadSky

adrierising.bsky.social • 20 days ago

and if i say that the transphobia, homophobia, and whorephobia that paved the way for fascism 2: electric boogalo was bred and nurtured in the church -- even the black church?

Reposted from Karen Attiah

I really don’t know if there can be a true resistance to this that isn’t aligned with faith / spirituality and the community of organized religion.

Martin and Malcolm— both faith leaders.

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adrierising.bsky.social•20 days ago

it's a lot of people that have no interest in trusting the same churches that called them abominations, satan's minions, and everything else but a child of god to lead any productive organizing.

adrierising.bsky.social•20 days ago

i know we're not supposed to acknowledge it, but the black church has not been any safer a space for queer people, sex workers, or women than any other church or religious space.

adrierising.bsky.social•20 days ago

i'm supposed to look to people like kirk franklin for guidance on building community when he was out here publicly calling his child a bitch?

adrierising.bsky.social•20 days ago

how many black women learned to hate their bodies and see themselves and inherently sinful and subservient to lecherous paedophilic men in the church?

jacky.wtf•20 days ago

And it's not like these places are swinging the door open for folks.

Folks will suggest moving to a closer one (ha), or using telechurch (which doesn't hit the same).

bisexualkaiju.bsky.social•20 days ago

White church might be leading the way to fascism in America, but it's not like those problems only exist in white churches, yeah.

hikkikomorbee.bsky.social•20 days ago

not to talk at length abt it bc im not black, but didnt MLK and malcolm x have a LOT to say about how black churches tended to foment antiblack sentiment by enforcing hierarchies of whiteness and prioritizing being as white-adjacent as possible? like malcolm x got killed for saying that i think

adrierising.bsky.social•20 days ago

"My brothers and sisters, our white slave master’s Christian religion has taught us black people here in the wilderness of North America that we will sprout wings when we die and fly up into the sky where God will have for us a special place called heaven."

adrierising.bsky.social•20 days ago

"This is white man’s Christian religion used to brainwash us black people! We have accepted it! We have embraced it! We have believed it! We have practiced it! And while we are doing all of that, for himself, this blue-eyed devil has twisted his Christianity, to keep his foot on our backs..."

adrierising.bsky.social•20 days ago

"…to keep our eyes fixed on the pie in the sky and heaven in the hereafter…while he enjoys his heaven right here…on this earth…in this life."

https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/2015236558/1990-10-09/ed-1/seq-4.pdf

adrierising.bsky.social•20 days ago

it's also in chapter 12 of the autobiography of malcolm x: https://genius.com/Malcolm-x-chapter-12-savior-annotated

hikkikomorbee.bsky.social•20 days ago

holy fuck i knew he had a lot to say about it but i have somehow never heard this quote before?? thanks for showing me this

merri24.bsky.social•20 days ago

Christian Nationalism is the antithesis of Christianity. Unfortunately, a lot of Christians don’t understand that.

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