But the company itself is racist in that its very structure is a builder and protecter of segregated white space, just as so many companies have been throughout America’s history. There are many wonderful people there, and some of them even called me after the show to say how much they enjoyed it and agreed with everything I said. Do I think that the radio network is full of individual racists? Absolutely not.

…it turns out that Relevant Radio is another example of the very systemic racism that I was trying to explain and expose in the show I hosted. Minority perspectives are marginalized, denigrated, and, even, censored completely. The result is that in Relevant’s system, the issues and perspectives of conservative white people reign supreme. Here's a portion of guest host Don Johnson's reflection on the experience: The call lines were cleared and the podcast was not posted on Relevant Radio's website ( ). In 2019, a Relevant Radio guest host discussing racism was told to switch to a 'safer' topic by the program's producer. Yet Relevant Radio programming stopped an open dialogue on racism, dismisses Black Lives Matter and questions the existence of systemic racism: Open Wide Our Hearts: A Pastoral Letter Against Racism, 2018, USCCB We have also seen years of systemic racism working in how resources are allocated to communities that remain de facto segregated. Racial profiling frequently targets Hispanics for selective immigration enforcement practices, and African Americans, for suspected criminal activity. (1935)Ĭatechism of Catholic Church, with quote from Gaudium et SpesĪll too often, Hispanics and African Americans, for example, face discrimination in hiring, housing, educational opportunities, and incarceration.

The equality of men rests essentially on their dignity as persons and the rights that flow from it: Every form of social or cultural discrimination in fundamental personal rights on the grounds of sex, race, color, social conditions, language, or religion must be curbed and eradicated as incompatible with God's design. Relevant Radio states they are “faithful to the Magisterium and Catechism of the Catholic Church, united to the bishops in bringing Christ to the world through the media” ( ).Ī Church valuing the dignity of each individual, especially the most marginalized, acknowledges systemic racism:

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