Many of my favorite apologists and/or theologians who happen to be white do not deal with the questions such as this one: Does the Bible Justify Slavery? Given how it has influenced you and affected you dictates how you will answer this question. Being a descendant of slaves gives you an emotional reaction to this. Some white Christians, like Dr James White, admonish that emotions and feelings should not affect answering this question. He thinks that we should just ignore what happened and focus on preaching and teaching the gospel without any attention or reparations for what happened in the name of Christianity. I agree with him but there is a way to talk about it and preach the gospel without pretending that slavery, imperialism, and oppression do not have effects on some of their brothers and sisters in Christ today. This is to tell the truth. The Bible does not justify slavery but some people who claimed to be Christians did. This will allow one to really look at what the Bible says. People like Dr White do not have to deal with the issue and therefore is not able to really discuss the issue from an African-American point of view. This is why I think he should stay in his lane because God has raised up other people who can do deal with the issue of slavery and oppression from a Biblical viewpoint without watering down history, truth, or the Bible.
See the following video of an example of how this can be done well. She uses history to show how being a Christian is really an act of defiance to White Supremacy not a capitulation to it.
Now look at how Dr James White answers the question about if Slavery is always wrong. He argues that Slavery was necessary in ancient times. I don't disagree but you cannot conflate slavery in ancient times with the American Slavery Institutions. One of these things is not like the other.
