For those wishing the Church of England were a little more devout, it will come as no consolation that its senior clergy are increasingly signed up to the gospel of Black Lives Matter. Archdeacon of Liverpool Miranda Threlfall-Holmes was ratioed on social media last night after she posted about her realisation that what the Church needs is more anti-whiteness.
I went to a conference on whiteness last autumn. It was very good, very interesting and made me realise: whiteness is to race as patriarchy is to gender.
So yes, let’s have anti whiteness, & let’s smash the patriarchy.
That’s not anti-white, or anti-men, it’s anti-oppression.— Miranda Threlfall-Holmes (@MirandaTHolmes) March 21, 2024
Having attended a conference on the subject in the autumn, Threlfall-Holmes (who is white) claims she realised that “whiteness is to race as patriarchy is to gender.” For anyone confused, the cleric explained that “let’s have anti-whiteness, & let’s smash the patriarchy.” Sounds good. But what’s this? “That’s not anti-white,” she added. “That’s anti-oppression.” Bemused commenters on Threlfall-Holmes’s post were told to “seek out the training.” When is anti-whiteness not anti-white? Well, Audre Lorde does move in mysterious ways…
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