Review and Interaction over "Black and Tan" between Douglas Wilson and Thabiti Anyabwile

Black and Tan

Black and Tan

Contents1 e Other 4

2 Bryan Loritts Critiques Doug Wilson 6

3 With a Bit of Menthol 7

4 What? 2013 Already? 10

5 Why Respond Publicly to Douglas Wilsons Black and Tan? 14

6 All in the Original Hebrew 16

7 Douglas Wilsons View on Race, Racism, Slavery and the Bible 17

8 Does the Driving Logic of Black and Tan Hold Up? 21

9 Patrick Nostradamus Henry 25

10 Slavery and the Bible: e Perspective of is Abolitionist 30

11 Love Is Never Later 36

12 Sometimes the Exceptions Reveal How Far Weve Gone with the Rule 39

13 Adoni-bezeks umbs and Toes 43

14 e Cost of Our Chosen Entanglements 48

15 Water is icker an Blood 51

16 Resisting the Slavers 54

17 e Histories of the American South: A Caution against Hegemonies 55

18 With Jello in My Hair 60

19 Another Point WhereWilson and I Almost Entirely Agree: On Doing His-tory and Multiculturalism 63

20 A Good Luck Wave Wont Cut It 68

21 Illustrating Racial Insensitivity in Black and Tan 71

22 Harder an It Looks 79

23 A eology of Apology 84

24 I Can Be Insensitive, Too 87

25 Once More Into the Breach: Pushing Toward Reconciliation 88

26 Trigger Alert Study Bible 91

27 Oh, So Close And Yet So Far Away 94

28 Another Rose Hedge Awaits 97

29 Hecklers Gonna Heck 98

30 A Black and Tan Round-Up 102

31 What Do the Noseguard and the Center Talk About? 106

32 Nothing In My Experience Like It 113

33 A Final Wrap-Up: abiti Anyabwile and Douglas Wilson 114

A How Koinonia Conquers 118

B e Designated Ambition Pole 126

C e Current Battle for Richmond 128

D Blending of church cultures reflects vision of God 130

1 e OtherBryan Crawford Lori sMarch 7th, 2013

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2 Bryan Loritts Critiques Doug WilsonPhillip HolmesMarch 8, 2013

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3 With a Bit of MentholDouglas WilsonMarch 8, 2013

other

in utero

million

failure

ha!

white

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grace race

4 What? 2013 Already?Douglas WilsonMarch 10 2013

yes

am

outinto

we dont have to guess

thisother

are

way

of the same church

doulos kurios

somesome

and they do so plainly

accurately

for a reason

5 Why Respond Publicly to Douglas Wilsons Blackand Tan?

abiti AnyabwileMarch 12, 2013

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before

1. Im writing publicly becauseWilsons book is in the public domain, in fact,freely offered to anyone who wishes to download it.

should

2. As far as I know, Wilson has not retracted his book or anything in his bookBlack and Tan.

Southern Slavery: As It Was

3. Im writing publicly to counter, as best I can, what might be called the rot-ten egg effect in these matters.

4. Im writing publicly because I have a pastoral concern for anyone that mayread the book and treat it either as sound in reasoning or an acceptable model fordealing with controversial subjects and the fallout they inspire.

5. Finally, Im writing because I need to account for my public statementsin-cluding tweets, which I know to be a medium far too simplistic for issues thisvolatile.

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6 All in the Original HebrewDouglas WilsonMarch 13, 2013

moi

some

still

busybodies

that

his

7 DouglasWilsons View on Race, Racism, Slavery andthe Bible


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Wilson on Racism

Wilson on Slavery As a System

a itude

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1. e Bible speaks authoritatively about slavery and Christians are duty-bound to obeyits teaching

2. e slave trade was an abomination and is clearly rejected in the Bible

3. e slavery regulated in the Mosaic law differs from slavery in pagan empires likeRome.

in Africa

generations

carefully

4. Christians must denounce as ama er of biblical principle any racism, racial animosity,

or racial vainglory involved in American slavery or any other race-based system of slavery.

5. e gospel is antithetical to slavery as a system and would, over time, lead to theeradication of slavery everywhere.

6. e best subversion of slavery occurs when Christian slaves and slave owners carefullyobey the dictates of Scripture.

7. Godly social renewal is never bloodthirsty.

subverts

witha itude

a itude

Why Bother?

Conclusion

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Important CommentDouglas WilsonMarch 13, 2013

8 Does the Driving Logic of Black and Tan Hold Up?abiti Anyabwile

March 14, 2013

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e Logic of Black and Tan

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Southern Slavery as ItWas Black and Tan

Is is an Appropriate Strategy for Either Discussing Slavery or InformingOur Contemporary Battles?

First, the authority of the Bible was not widely in question during the coun-

trys long dispute over slavery and its end.

Civil War as a eological Crisis

strengthened

they deeply troubled religious believers of almost all sorts.radical abolitionists frightened away

from antislavery many moderateswho were not willing to give up loyalty to Scripture Civil

War

mainstream

in the main howwhether

Mind of the MasterClass: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders Worldview

e Civil War as a eological CrisisSlavery A acked: Southern Slaves and eir Allies

bestdifferent

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Second, the Federal action to end slavery in 1865 cant be causally connected to

Federal actions today.

Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade

limit that

was

overturn Roe prohibit

our

Roe v. Wade

in part

Arguing About Slavery: e Great Debate in the United States Senate

contrary in itself

Conclusion

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9 Patrick Nostradamus HenryDouglas WilsonMarch 14, 2013

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thennow

content

e Civil War as eological Crisis

formal

especially

obedience

what would that obedience have looked like?

obedience

How what

instanter

Congress

why

content

structural

did

our

that

approaching 100 timesdisproportionately

white

Cosby

principled

10 Slavery and the Bible: e Perspective of is Abo-litionist


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formal functional

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obedience

were in fact obeying

DoWe Swim Upstream or Downstream on the Issue of Slavery?

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but with actions and in truthcommand

everywherenowhere commanded

What Does Obedience to the Command to Love Look Like in the Context ofSlavery?

I could be bold and order youI appeal to you on the basis of love

cor-rect

timing

any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced.

no longer as a slave, but be er than a slave, as a dear brother.as a man and as a brother in the Lord. 17 So

if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

immediately Black and Tan

no longer a slave

governs by actively freeing

e Baptism of Early Virginia: How Christianity Created Race

e Household Codes and eir Application

Were you a slave when you werecalled? Dont let it trouble youalthough if you can gain your freedom, do so.

in perpetuitydo so

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not

infers

not

way

how necessary

trading holding

and then some

Christian

not

Conclusion

in practice

11 Love Is Never LaterDouglas WilsonMarch 15, 2013

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Omnibus III

exposition retraction

he their

immediately

did

today

who was dear unto him

knockit off like the centurion

these

anyhi

always right now

12 Sometimes the Exceptions Reveal How Far WeveGone with the Rule


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their

nature

Exceptions that Reveal the Rule

with

owed

then

Why Do People ink Wilson Defends Slavery?

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13 Adoni-bezeks umbs and ToesDouglas WilsonMarch 19, 2013

we have killed four times more blacks than wereeven alive

14 e Cost of Our Chosen Entanglements

Our Entanglements Sometimes Keep Us from Asking and Answering OtherImportant estions

despite the convictions I hold on the un-godliness of racially-based cha el slavery

On Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

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literally me

15 Water is icker an BloodDouglas WilsonMarch 20, 2013

as good stewards

neighbor

constitutional liberties are what the slaughtered unborn in America have had taken awayfrom them, along with their lives

us

and so we desperatelyneed to listen to God.

16 Resisting the SlaversDouglas WilsonMarch 20, 2013

levels

from the law.

17 eHistories of theAmerican South: ACaution againstHegemonies


his

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a priori

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An Appreciation

our

Some Concerns with Black and Tans Approach to History

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First, Black and Tan is not history.

Slavery As It Was

SlaveryAs It Was

AmericanSlavery as It Is: Testimony of a ousandWitnesses

What makes one title more reliable thanthe other?

Second, Black and Tan a empts historical revision.

Slavery as It Was

and that slavery was far more benignin practice than it was made to appear in the literature of the abolitionists

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Third, Black and Tan represents a biased retelling of history.

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A Consuming Fire and e Southern FrontTime on the Cross Southern Tradition at

Bay

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outsideBlack and Tan a priori

Fourth, the post-mil perspective of Black and Tanmakes it too optimistic aboutthe Souths history.

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A Post-Script

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First, they reveal an unwilling-ness to deal with the world as it really is.

Second, such rejections gener-ally take for granted the normative nature of ones own cultural and historical vantage point.is always leads to misunderstanding. ird, these rejections really serve a hegemonic pur-

pose and refuse to admit as legitimate the counter-narratives caused by that hegemony.

e Southern Past: A Clash ofRace and Memory

way

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18 With Jello in My HairDouglas WilsonMarch 25, 2013

me

how

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that

B&T

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B&T,

and its relation

that intersection

firestorm B&T

now

B&T

would

ism

any

is is

Christian

and in our circles

19 Another PointWhereWilson and I Almost EntirelyAgree: On Doing History and Multiculturalism


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Critique 1: Black and Tan is not history.

B&T

e Decline ofAfrican-American eology

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Critique 2: Black and Tan attempts a revision of history.

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Critique #3: Black and Tan needed to interact with a wider range of sourcesand opinions.

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BullwhipDays God Struck Me Dead

God Struck Me Dead

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Critique #4: Post-Mill assumptions make Black and Tans judgment of South-ern history too optimistic

guessing

e Post-Script on Multicultural Realities and Perspectives

means

do

ats a white supremacistracist way of viewing me, history, etc. Im tired of thesea empts to deny the truth and to overthrow whats good about my history, culture, and peo-ple.

20 A Good Luck Wave Wont Cut ItDouglas WilsonMarch 26, 2013

not

how

not

multiculturalism

generally

severe

amen

received

multiculturalism

deserved

now today

way

in one ba le

that

both sides

21 Illustrating Racial Insensitivity in Black and Tanabiti Anyabwile

March 27, 2013

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Southern Slavery as It Was Black and Tan

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What Is Racial Insensitivity?

do

opposite

Who Gets to Decide What Is Racially Insensitive?

first stopand listen

sense

How Does Racial Insensitivity Affect Us?

What Ought to Be Done When Racial Insensitivity Occurs?

Is Black and Tan Racially Insensitive?

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A Benign Slavery Ended Wrongly

It was the contention of this booklet [Slavery as It Was] that the way in which slaveryended has had ongoing deleterious consequences for modern Christians in our current culturewars, and that slavery was far more benign in practice than it was made to appear in theliterature of the abolitionists

heroes

Labels Like Paleo-Confederate

Confederate

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e Inferiority of Black Culture

Both Northerners and Southerners were misled by the obvious inferiority of black cultureat that time, which had nothing to do with whether blacks bore the image of God in man, andeverything to do with whether the gospel had yet had an opportunity to do its work withinblack culture

All men exhibit the image of God equally, but all cultures are not equal. As we lookat all the tribes of men, we see some that have landed a man on the moon, and some thathave not yet worked out the concept of the wheel. We have some with one whole row in thesupermarket dedicated to shampoo, while in another tribe hair is washed with cow urine

racistsmisstep he

meansas a Christian

sense

everyones

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Li le Black Sambo

One of my co-panelists was aggrievedover the book But Sambo was not an African Amer-ican; he was from the subcontinent. And besides, as I recall saying thatevening, I had nothing but the highest respect for Sambo. If anyone askedme to turn tigers into bu er for my pancakes, I confess that I would beentirely nonplussed

still

More Skilled at Confessing the Supposed Sins of Black People

None of us is clean in himself. So do whites need to seek and receive forgiveness fortheir treatment of the black man? Absolutely. But blacks also need the cleansing blood ofChristsome of it for treatment of fellow blacks, some for responding to white hatred withhatred, some of it for taking mistreatment of a great-grandfather as a license for crime, andso on. We are, all of us, sinners. And it is not fi ing for a sinner to look sideways at someoneelse and say, Well, Im less of a sinner than you

Why is Wilson so expert at confessing Black peo-ples sins and so slight and general in confessing the sins of white people in a book partiallyabout slavery?

Black people

On Black Lives and the Implied Charge of Black Indifference to Abortion

Who cannotlament the damage to both white and black that has occurred as a consequence of the way inwhich slavery was abolished? I am forced to say that, in many ways, the remedy which hasbeen applied has resulted in problems that are every bit as bad as the original disease everwas. Christians who doubt this should consider whether it was safer to be a black child inthe womb in 1858 or in 2005

in utero

million

failure

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Conclusion

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with

22 Harder an It LooksDouglas WilsonMarch 27, 2013

feel

Black & TanB&T did

labored

deplorable, wicked, evil, despicable, cruel, inexcusable, abuse, immorality, andcriminal barbarity

paleo-Confederate

detachneo-Confederate

getaway

already

he

Li le Black Sambo

B&T

B&T

liberals

failure

legitimate natural understandable

23 A eology of ApologyDouglas WilsonMarch 28, 2012

act

to change his tone

uninspired

24 I Can Be Insensitive, Tooabiti Anyabwile

March 29, 2013


25 Once More Into the Breach: Pushing Toward Rec-onciliation


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everybody says what they actually think all stay at the tablea er we have said it.

needswant

am

not an argumentway

way

address avoidadmit acknowledge accept alterask

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mea culpa

26 Trigger Alert Study BibleDouglas WilsonMarch 29, 2013

do

huh

apology

those

zeitgeist

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skandalon

sola Scripturatota et sola Scriptura

call

What should they have done?how can we be faithful

today like they were?Black & Tan

27 Oh, So Close And Yet So Far Awayabiti Anyabwile

March 30, 2013

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not argumentway way

not Black and Tan

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wayBlack and Tan

wayfor

way

waylegitimate

natural understandable

intended

especially

28 Another Rose Hedge AwaitsDouglas WilsonMarch 30, 2013

not Black & Tan

yes

29 Hecklers Gonna HeckDouglas WilsonApril 1, 2013

ButI fear

on the basis of the straightevangelical world having hurt their feelings.

there is true sin

sodomite

only

is

sodomitepracticing

everyone like him

30 A Black and Tan Round-Upabiti Anyabwile

April 2, 2013

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thinka lot

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are

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31 What Do theNoseguard and the Center TalkAbout?abiti Anyabwile

April 2, 2013

Black andTan Black and Tan

Robots

Star Trek Next Generation

First, it keeps us from playing the impossible game of answering critics.

How do you not do that.

either

Second, playing the game between the lines keeps us focused on the ball.

ird, being focused on the game and playing by the rules of the game keeps us consis-tent with all the fans in the stand.

Fourth, playing the games by the rules and focusing on the ball makes us winsome withfans and enemies alike. Let me admit something.

Fi h, and finally, playing the game by the rules and staying on the field delivers us fromfear.

Conclusion

32 Nothing In My Experience Like ItDouglas WilsonApril 2, 2013

again

e Last Ba le

TLB

e Last Ba le

33 A Final Wrap-Up: abiti Anyabwile and DouglasWilson

abiti Anyabwile and Douglas WilsonApril 18, 2013

Introduction

Agreements

But Differences Remain

Conclusion

AppendixA How Koinonia ConquersDouglas WilsonMarch 15, 2013Reprinted by permission from Omnibus III, p. 275.

identification

Author and Context

Significance

Philemon

Main Characters

Summary and Se ing

paterfamilias

Worldview

shorter

identification koinonia

koinonia

koinonia

koinonia

Christhow

just like Onesimus

in his bondsprisoner

freedom

identified

all

not

effectively

koinonia

slave or free

brother

koinonia

achrestos euchrestos

chrestosChristos

perhaps

perhaps

perhaps

B e Designated Ambition PoleDouglas WilsonMarch 17, 2013

Southern Slavery As It Was

Credenda

he

for black culture

kilt daid

EccentricPreachers

C e Current Battle for Richmondabiti Anyabwile

April 4, 2013

gay

moremore

Free to Be Bound: Church Beyondthe Color Line

think

likely

neces-sarily

D Blending of church cultures reflects vision of GodKatherine CalosRichmond Times-DispatchMarch 31, 2013

An authentic blending

Delores Kimbrough

One of the first

The OtherBryan Loritts Critiques Doug WilsonWith a Bit of MentholWhat? 2013 Already?Why Respond Publicly to Douglas Wilson's ``Black and Tan''?All in the Original HebrewDouglas Wilson's View on Race, Racism, Slavery and the BibleDoes the Driving Logic of ``Black and Tan'' Hold Up?Patrick "Nostradamus" HenrySlavery and the Bible: The Perspective of This AbolitionistLove Is Never LaterSometimes the Exceptions Reveal How Far Weve Gone with the RuleAdoni-bezek's Thumbs and ToesThe Cost of Our Chosen EntanglementsWater is Thicker Than BloodResisting the SlaversThe Histories of the American South: A Caution against HegemoniesWith Jello in My HairAnother Point Where Wilson and I Almost Entirely Agree: On Doing History and MulticulturalismA Good Luck Wave Won't Cut ItIllustrating Racial Insensitivity in Black and TanHarder Than It LooksA Theology of ApologyI Can Be Insensitive, TooOnce More Into the Breach: Pushing Toward ReconciliationTrigger Alert Study BibleOh, So Close And Yet So Far AwayAnother Rose Hedge AwaitsHecklers Gonna HeckA Black and Tan Round-UpWhat Do the Noseguard and the Center Talk About?Nothing In My Experience Like ItA Final Wrap-Up: Thabiti Anyabwile and Douglas WilsonHow Koinonia ConquersThe Designated Ambition PoleThe Current Battle for RichmondBlending of church cultures reflects vision of God

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