The Question: Which "ism" is more entrenched in America, sexism or racism? Which should religion address?
Both sexism -- treating women as subhuman, or at least of lesser value than men -- and racism -- the view that one race is superior to all others -- are specifically condemned in Scripture. Both are considered sins and both are equally rejected in Scripture.
God made all human beings in His image, which is a spiritual, not a physical image. Paul, the Apostle, makes this crystal clear when he writes to believers in Galatians 3:28: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
One can't improve on that.
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