The Apostle Paul tells us, in Colossians 2:8 to be aware of these deceptive world views and reject them so our devotion to Christ will be unhindered.
1. What is Critical Race Theory?
CRT recognizes that racism is engrained in the fabric and system of the American society. The individual racist need not exist to note that institutional racism is pervasive in the dominant culture. This is the analytical lens that CRT uses in examining existing power structures. CRT identifies that these power structures are based on white privilege and white supremacy, which perpetuates the marginalization of people of color. CRT also rejects the traditions of liberalism and meritocracy. Legal discourse says that the law is neutral and colorblind, however, CRT challenges this legal “truth” by examining liberalism and meritocracy as a vehicle for self-interest, power, and privilege.
According to Baucham, CRT has 4 main tenets.
- Racism as normative (it’s normal, it’s everywhere, and it’s unavoidable)
- Interest convergence (white people are unable to take righteous action against racism unless it converges with their own individual interests)
- Anti-objectivity
- The social construction of knowledge
(Here’s a short video on where Baucham explores these four tenets more in depth: Voddie Baucham - Defining Critical Race Theory
1. Races Don’t Exist in Scripture
Race is actually a social construct. The concept of race is not a biblical concept, it’s not a biblical idea, it is a constructed idea.
You won’t find the idea of races in the Bible unless you find it in the proper historical context where we see, number one, that we are all the race of Adam or the human "race".
In fact, we’re not even different colors. Technically, from a genetic perspective, from a biochemistry perspective, we’re all actually the same color.
- "And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place," — Acts 17:26 ESV
- "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" — Genesis 1:27 ESV
Voddie Bauchaum - Arthur of Fault Lines
2. CRT Promotes Ethnic Discrimination
CRT advocates, such as Ibram X. Kendi, wrote:
"The only remedy to racist discrimination is anti-racist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination."
This is classic racism and ethnic superiority.
3. CRT is A False Religious Worldview
The third biblical problem with critical race theorists is that CRT is a worldview with central tenets that fly in the face of the idea of the sufficiency of Scripture. The movement, for example, has its own cosmology, its own saints, its own liturgy, and its own law.
Voddie Bauchaum - Arthur of Fault Lines
The Gospel is the only solution to Racism
We do not need to look to any false religion for the solutions to racism. The Bible is sufficient for every problem we have including racism. God has graciously given us a solution to racism and division between people groups through Christ.
Scripture makes it clear that when we repent, put our trust and faith in Jesus Christ, and are born again, we’re adopted children of God with no more divisions between us.
Ephesians 2, and Galatians 3, 4 and Revelations 7 speak of this unity in Christ.
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"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." — Galatians 3:28 ESV
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"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands." — Revelations 7:9
We must be born again. We must have our sins dealt with. Our sins must be nailed to the cross, and we must be reconciled to God. But it doesn’t stop there. We are also reconciled to one another.
That's the Good News of the Gospel!
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