Author: Christopher Doran
Christopher Doran is the author of Making the World Safe for Capitalism
(Pluto Press). Until recently he was an adjunct professor in the School of
Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University before taking early
retirement. He is perhaps best known as the singer-songwriter/rock musician
Blind Uncle Harry. He is based in Bloomington, Indiana.
The Christian Roots of Racism against Black Americans
On June 1, 2020, federal troops using tear gas and flash grenades cleared Washington, D.C., streets of Black Lives Matter protesters so that President Donald Trump could walk across the street to pose with a Bible. A clearer example of Christianity as the guiding ethos for White supremacy would be hard to come by. But …