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For centuries, the white American church enabled and even embraced racism. But many Christians say that's in the past. 

MPR News host Kerri Miller talked to the author of "The Color of Compromise" about how the white American church has been complicit in racism since the beginning — and continues to preserve the racial power imbalance. "Christian complicity with racism in the 21st century looks different that complicity with racism in the past," Tisby writes. "Racism never goes away. It adapts." 

 President of Witness: A Black Christian Collective and author of the book "The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church's Complicity in Racism." 

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For centuries, racism flourished in the American church. Has anything really changed? Jemar Tisby, the author of the new book "The Color of Compromise" says no. He believes white supremacy is still alive in the church. It's just gone underground.

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