White Christians are more likely to deny that racism exists, according to a new survey.
The survey, which was conducted by the Pew Research Center in April, asked Americans to answer the following question about race relations: “Which issue poses a more significant challenge to the country regarding race – the tendency to overlook racism when it’s present or the inclination to perceive racism where it doesn’t exist?”
53 percent of Americans said the issue is people denying discrimination when it’s present while roughly 45 percent said the bigger concern is individuals saying racism exists in situations where it doesn’t.
According to the data, white Christians were more inclined to believe that individuals are perceiving non-existent racism. 72 percent of white Evangelicals, 60 percent of white Catholics, and 54 percent of white Protestants said seeing discrimination where it doesn’t exist is the more significant challenge to the county regarding race.
Baylor University sociology professor George Yancey commented on the disparity among white Christians.
“I don’t think Christians are the source of polarization. But I do think we have not fought against it,” Yancey said. “We have accepted it and put it into our ministries rather than trying to show concern and care for people who disagree with us.”
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