The term "whiteness" has been in use for decades and is often connected with notions of white privilege and systemic racism. "But he is trying to offer a very pointed critique of a white supremacist culture that privileges whiteness above all other types of people," she said. “It is not meant to be a structural attack on white people,” Andra Gillespie, a political scientist and director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for Race and Difference at Emory University, told USA TODAY. The concept of “whiteness” is an academic term that can be defined as “the way that white people, their customs, culture, and beliefs operate as the standard by which all other groups are compared,” according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The clip is missing context relative to the rest of the sermon in which Warnock condemns all forms of racism.įact check: COVID-19 vaccine 'morally acceptable,' Vatican says, but some claims missing context Whiteness, defined USA TODAY was unable to reach Loeffler's campaign or Bongino for comment. “We are ALL God’s children.”ĭan Bongino, a popular conservative commentator, posted a video titled “Video Emerges Showing Dem GA Senate Candidate's SHOCKING Rant About White People,” in which he claims Warnock is racist. “This rhetoric is disgusting and offensive,” Loeffler tweeted in November about an excerpt of one sermon.
Kelly Loeffler, has come under especially intense scrutiny from conservative groups who seek to paint Warnock’s religious sermons as radical. Raphael Warnock, the Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican Sen. Raphael Warnock condemned 'whiteness,' and by extension, 'white people'Īmid intense dual Senate runoff campaigns in Georgia that will determine the balance of power in Congress, fevered attacks are being hurled by incumbents and challengers alike.
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