At a predominantly Black church in Southern California, Donald Trump’s win sparks discussion and reflection.
By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle
CARSON, Calif. — President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have many fans, if any, at the Metropolitan Church of Christ in this urban community south of Los Angeles.
No one interviewed at the predominantly Black congregation on a recent Lord’s Day voted for the Republican candidate.
That’s not too surprising: The late Martin Luther King Jr., the renowned civil rights leader, famously called 11 a.m. Sunday “the most segregated hour of America.”
The racial divide typically extends to the voting booth — and did so once again in the 2024 election, according to network exit polls.
White Christian voters helped propel Trump to victory, with 72 percent supporting him, polling found. Meanwhile, 85 percent of Black Christian voters backed Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.
“I really felt like, in a lot of ways, they were trying to take away the opportunity for us to have a say … and our basic rights,” said Metropolitan member Tiffany Dean, 50, a mother of two adult sons, one serving in the U.S. Army
Explaining her vote for Harris, Dean expressed concern for democracy, civil rights and immigrants who came to America seeking a better life.
“It’s scary that you would send someone to a country that they’ve never known, and they don’t speak the language,” Dean said, referring to Trump’s promised mass deportations.
This story appears in the January edition of The Christian Chronicle.
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