What have Trump’s evangelicals been saying since our last update? Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel-Chino Hills doesn’t like masks: THEY DONT WORK. Anyone who’s been tested knows about how insane it is that they have to stick the Covid-19 Wuhan Chinese […]
Blackface
Friday night court evangelical roundup
What have Trump’s evangelicals been saying since yesterday’s update? They are not technically “court” evangelicals, but they are definitely Trump evangelicals. The Harris family is back and they are now a Trump worship band: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fZOgnIYdQs&w=560&h=315] Some of you may remember them from […]
*The New York Times* Covers Falwell’s Apology for His Racist Tweet
Elizabeth Williamson of The New York Times, the same reporter who got into a kerfluffle with Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. over her supposed “trespassing” on the university campus during the height of the coronavirus, is now covering the story […]
African-American Alumni of Liberty University: “Because of your callous rhetoric, we can no longer in good faith encourage students to attend our alma mater or accept athletic scholarships”
Last week Jerry Falwell Jr. designed his own blackface COVID-19 mask. Read about it here. One African-American professor has resigned. Here was his tweet: Falwell defended himself and refused to apologize. Last night he tweeted: People have asked why I […]
Jerry Falwell Jr. Just Designed His Own Blackface COVID-19 Mask; Faculty Member Resigns Immediately
When I started this blog 12 years ago, I never imagined that one day I would be writing about the intersection of white evangelicalism, Donald Trump, a major pandemic, and blackface. Earlier today, I published a piece at Religion News […]
Walking Back Metaxas’ Tweet on Biden to Blackface Days
Religion News Service asked me to write something on this. Here you go: Eric Metaxas, a Christian author, radio personality and one of the president’s most prominent court evangelicals, wants to make America great again. Earlier this week we got […]
Eric Metaxas Explains His Racist Tweet
Here is the tweet again, with Karen Swallow Prior’s response: We covered this here. Watch: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unJY3CHjwVk&w=560&h=315] Metaxas says most people on Twitter are “not that smart” and thus did not understand what he was trying to accomplish with this […]
If There is Such a Thing as Twitter Blackface, Court Evangelical Eric Metaxas Just Engaged in It
Here is court evangelical and newly appointed Falkirk Fellow at Liberty University: Karen Swallow Prior, as some of you know, is an English professor at Liberty University, at least until she leaves for Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary this summer. Metaxas’s […]