Is The White American Church Doing More Harm Than Good?

Could it possibly be true that the white American church is doing more harm than good in terms of the social evils of ethnocentrism and oppression?

John Perkins who was born and raised a poor black in Mississippi, now 87, once wrote that Mississippi would have been better off if the church didn't exist.  Mississippi was highly churched in both the black and white communities, but at the same time racism, poverty and oppression continued, unchanged and unchallenged.

It was a church which put white privilege ahead of justice for all.  It had a spirituality without justice.  Shades of Amos 5:21-24 and Isaiah 58!!  Or maybe Matthew 23.  Or Luke 11:42.

Trump is a bad problem, but he is not the real problem; the enormous failures of the white church are THE problem.

Bannon is evil incarnate much of the time (he is right that the U.S. should withdraw from the Middle where we have done far more harm than good), but the white church that puts white privilege ahead of ending systems of oppression is THE real problem.

The Klan and similar organizations are serious problems, but the white church's silence in the face of injustice is THE problem.

The Southern Confederate flag is a problem, but a far worse problem was Northern slave trade often conducted by professed Christians.

There is no NT theology of kingdom of God justice.

There has been 400 year of tragic American ethnocentrism and oppression; the church has not stopped it.

There has been little confession, repentance, restitution, nor repair by the white, self-righteous church.

When will all this stop?  Who will lead the revolution---from love to justice?