Says people are ‘willfully misinterpreting the prayer’
A theology professor has published a rebuttal to those who are troubled by her “Dear God, Please help me to hate White people” prayer.
Chanequa Walker-Barnes, a psychologist and professor of practical theology at Mercer University, contributed to a collection of prayers in “A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal.” It was published in February and became a best-seller.
Walker-Barnes’s contribution is titled “Prayer of a Weary Black Woman.”
“Dear God, Please help me to hate White people. Or at least to want to hate them,” the prayer begins. “At least, I want to stop caring about them, individually and collectively. I want to stop caring about their misguided, racist souls, to stop believing that they can be better, that they can stop being racist.”
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