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2 weeks ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
On Wednesday, May 21, President Donald Trump once again sullied the presidency and our nation’s reputation by ambushing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with a made-for-social-media-propaganda stunt that was peppered with lies and misleading video about an alleged white genocide in the country.
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3 weeks ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
Earlier this month, we released our 2024 annual update to the PRRI Census of American Religion, based on a massive set of interviews among a random sample of over 40,000 Americans. Overall, we found that the decades long trends of white Christian decline and the rise of the religiously unaffiliated—the defining dynamics of the American religious landscape in the 21st century—have slowed but not abated. Below are five charts that summarize the findings.
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1 month ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
Dear #WhiteTooLong readers:The big news of the day, of course, is the surprise selection of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th pope. Now known officially as Pope Leo XIV—but colloquially in Rome as “the Latin Yankee” because of his dual U.S. and Peruvian citizenship—he today became the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
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1 month ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
The team is out today with a major new poll evaluating public opinion of Trump over the first 100 days of his term. Here’s the bottom line: This new survey provides clear evidence that most Americans want to rein in President Trump’s overreach, stop his undermining of democratic norms, and protect our system of checks and balances. You can check out the full report here on PRRI’s website, but here’s a highlight reel of the key findings in five charts. White Too Long by Robert P.
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1 month ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
Wednesday night I had the honor of being the speaker for the annual event commemorating the lynching of Joseph McCoy on April 23, 1897, hosted by the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP). I’ve included below my remarks, titled “Between History and Hope,” which are adapted from a chapter in my book, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future. I’m grateful for Rev. Josette L.
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1 month ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
My heart, like many of yours, is heavy, weighed down by the unrelenting attacks on the foundations of a pluralistic democracy and American values coming out of the Donald Trump administration. The weight has felt even heavier during this time between Passover and Easter, both of which my interfaith family celebrate. For Jews, Passover began last Saturday night but extends for eight days through this coming Sunday.
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1 month ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Anthea Butler |Robert P. Jones
As wrote last week, I was shocked to learn that my book, White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, along with six other prominent books in religious studies, were among the 381 books that were banned and removed from the shelves at the US Naval Academy. “This is the first college-level library banning we have seen,” noted Jennifer Finney Boylan, president of PEN America and also author of a book that was banned.
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1 month ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
As wrote last week, I was shocked to learn that my book, White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, along with six other prominent books in religious studies, were among the 381 books that were banned and removed from the shelves at the US Naval Academy.
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1 month ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
Dear #WhiteTooLong readers,I’ve just returned from giving the keynote address at a day-long conference on “Telling the Story of Religion in Texas through Journalism,” which was sponsored by the Texas Tribune, Religion News Service, and the Institute for Diversity and Civic Life (full agenda here). Amid so much national turmoil, it was an uplifting day, celebrating the important role of journalism in a democratic society and the great diversity of religion in Texas and across our nation.
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2 months ago | 
whitetoolong.net | Robert P. Jones
Dear #WhiteTooLong readers,I was surprised last night when I started getting messages that my book, White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, which won a 2021 American Book Award, appeared as #46 on the list of 381 books that Pete Hegseth ordered purged from the academic library at the US Naval Academy, as reported by The New York Times. You can see the whole list here.
