system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why has a part of black culture tried to reject white culture but maintained its steadfast faith in a religion that stems from that same culture?
gpt
Christianity wasn't ever associated with slavery. Yes, white slave owner used it to justify slavery, but white abolitionists also used it to condemn slavery. Christianity isn't slave-owning culture, it's not white-people culture, it's American culture. The slaves were just as devout as their owners, often even moreso: the majority of gospel hymns come directly from Christian songs about freedom that would be sung by slaves in the fields.