Is there a racial divide that impedes relations between Bible-belt Christians and black urban Christians?
The new urban black Christian cannot be judged by the Christian Right rubric because, though the urban black Christians strongly identify with Biblical, traditional values, we are still passionate about justice and equity in the society, and feel a responsibility to hold the nation accountable to its principles. You cannot classify the two groups together. The new urban Black Christian is something new. At Promise Keepers rallies, you have indicted the white church for its absence from the civil rights movement and the black church for being bitter. What needs to happen now in race relations? The Republican Party has to go back to its roots because the party was started based upon the issue of slavery. You had abolitionists who rallied together, and the party was born. Racial justice was its root. Republicans need to return to that. Regarding race relations we go back to the realization that you cannot have social equality without economic parity — and that is beginning to change withi
