Black America, Africa, and Israel (Krystal Bracy)

Black Christians in America have three homelands — a national homeland in the US, an ethnic homeland in Africa, and a spiritual homeland in Israel — but the distances and disparities between these places can create confusion. This week, Robert sits down with Krystal Bracy, the Director of Philos Black, to talk through Black identity in 2023 and how it relates to justice issues at home and abroad. What is the significance of the Black church to African-Americans? How do they think about Africa, America, and Israel (and the Palestinians)? And what does global leadership look like for a community still facing local challenges?

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Krystal Bracy is the Director of Philos Black. A native of Oakland, CA, Bracy earned a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley and an MDiv degree from Duke University with concentrations in Homiletics, Black Church Studies and African and African American Studies. A licensed Evangelist Missionary of the Church of God in Christ, Krystal has traveled throughout Africa, Europe, South America and the continental United States. She is passionate about social justice and improving the spaces in which people of color study, work, worship and live.