Christianity and the Birth of White Supremacy

About The Event

Racial Equity Buddies presents

Christianity & The Birth Of White Supremacy: A Forum Featuring Indigenous People of America

RSVP to racialequitybuddies@fhcpresb.org to reserve your seat. The program is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be offered.

Many of us trace the origins of white supremacy in America to 1619, when the English privateer ship White Lion arrived in Virginia carrying approximately 20 enslaved Africans. Far fewer of us are familiar with the Papal Bulls of the 15th and 16th centuries and how they initiated religious and legal frameworks that would contribute to systems of racial domination and colonialism.

Join us Saturday afternoon, November 21, for an in-depth discussion exploring the origins of white supremacy and the role the Christian church played in developing and promoting doctrines whose deleterious effects continue to shape our society today.

The program will include:

• Robbi Swift (Ojibwe, Whitefish River First Nation), featured speaker
• The Maza Napin Dance Troupe, which consists of community members of the Lake Erie Native American Council
• Screening of a short documentary
• An opportunity for reflection and discussion

As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, come and hear firsthand stories and reflections, explore different perspectives on Thanksgiving, and engage in a thoughtful conversation that invites us to consider the holiday in new ways.

We hope you’ll join us for this timely and thought-provoking program!

Click here for a three-minute YouTube clip on the Doctrine of Discovery.

Come ready to listen. Come ready to question. Come ready to have your assumptions challenged.

Sponsors: Community Church of Chesterland; The Democracy in Action Team of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland; Racial Equity Buddies of Greater Cleveland; Repairers of the Breach, NEO; Restorative Justice Working Group; Social Justice Advocacy Ministry (SJAM) of Federated Church in Chagrin Falls; SURJ NEO (Showing Up For Racial Justice); Undoing Oppressions Task Force of West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church; UUCC Pretrial Support Team