Race/Ethnicity

Abstract

Nearly 100 years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois declared, “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line” (Du Bois, 1903, p. 283). Many observers of American race relations would charge that the color line persists as a problem in the 21st century as well. In what ways, if any, does religious belief and belonging affect the American color line? Does religion institutionalize racial difference and reinforce stratification? Or does it subvert racial hierarchies and destabilize white privilege?