As a Caucasian male, I am reticent to wade into this deep end of the pool. However, my personal impressions, and I do understand that the plural of anecdote is not data, is that racism is even more entrenched in the American experience than sexism, although both are still alive and well in our society. Globally, I would argue that sexism is more prevalent, but in the United States, we’ve done a better job of vitiating the impact of sexism than racism.

The role of religion is to speak moral truth to society, both individually and collectively. Christianity, my faith, believes that all human beings are of equal value and worth to God and thus, should be to each other. As the confessional statement of Southern Baptist’s, the Baptist Faith & Message states, “The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worth of respect and Christian love.”

Thus, followers of Christ have the responsibility to speak out against sexism and racism whenever and wherever they occur.