R. Khari Brown is Associate Professor of Sociology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, where he researches Race, Religion, and Politics.
You can read more information about Professor Brown, view his current projects as well as his CV, here.
Title: Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter
Abstract: We use the 2020/2021 National Politics Study to examine two central questions: 1. How do religious beliefs and clergy race talk associate with support for Black Lives Matter (BLM) and racial justice work? And 2. Is the relationship between religion and BLM related attitudes and activism similar or different across race groups? We found the following: In the months following the summer of 2020 protests in response to George Floyd’s murder, African, Hispanic, and White American worship-goers that heard sermons about race and policing were more likely than were their co-ethnics to approve of Blacks Lives Matter (BLM) and to engage in racial justice work. Identifying with the religious left and believing that social justice is a core part of one’s religious beliefs also associated with these groups approving of BLM and engaging in racial justice work. That said, race matters. These forms of religion tend to maintain stronger relationships with White BLM related attitudes and activism than they do for African Americans and Hispanics.
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