I wish I could tell you those words shocked me. They disturbed my spirit, but they did not surprise me. Why? Because I have spent much of my ministry confronting this very theology. More than twenty years ago, I wrote a book entitled No More Cursing: Destroying the Roots of Religious Racism, specifically to expose and dismantle the racist misuse of Scripture that has been employed for centuries to justify the enslavement, subjugation, exploitation, and dehumanization of Black people. I had hoped that by now this heresy would have been buried alongside the slave ships and the auction blocks that gave it life. Yet here we are in 2026, still hearing preachers stand behind sacred desks and recycle the same poisonous theology that was once used to bless chains, sanctify plantations, and comfort the consciences of enslavers.
What makes this especially tragic is that these ideas are not isolated to one preacher or one church. They continue to circulate throughout segments of White evangelicalism, Christian nationalism, and Reformed circles that have never fully confronted the racial sins embedded within portions of their theological tradition. The language may be updated, but the message remains the same: that Black people somehow require White oversight, White leadership, White supervision, or White civilization in order to flourish. It is simply White supremacy wearing a clerical collar.
The most disturbing part is that Pastor Dale Partridge is only forty years old. He was just seventeen when I wrote No More Cursing: Destroying the Roots of Religious Racism, yet more than twenty years later he is preaching the very same racist theology, proving that White supremacy is not merely remembered, it is intentionally passed from one generation to the next.
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@RealJamesWoods Just STFU, OK? I'm 73 years old/white. Born here. Grew up around a lot of immigrants. Problems with immigrants=0 Problems with Black people<5. Problems with Black people resolved with out violence=100%! It's the other people I've had trouble with 95% of the time.