Bitcoin & Racial Justice

Bitcoin and Racial Justice

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

-Galations 3:28

The Biblical witness is clear that there are not meant to be divisions based on ethnicity or other social categories (like race) in the lives of Christians. Yet, we live in a world where racist systems permeate local and global financial structures. The global financial system is designed to extract wealth from the developing world (majority Black, Brown and non-white) and give it to the developed world (mostly white and colonial powers). 

Bitcoin is a financial system that does not differentiate between users by sex, gender, race, ethnicity, able-bodiness, etc. This means that people of all races are treated the same way on the Bitcoin network, as opposed to the racist gate-keeping that happens in the current global financial system. When it comes to the Biblical imperative of transforming our society to be more inclusive, Bitcoin is a financial tool that can hasten this long overdue process. 

Many justice issues are intersectional. People and communities experience multiple discriminations that fall within these different intersectional justice categories. Part of what makes Bitcoin such a powerful tool for ministry is that it addresses justice issues in intersectional ways. Be sure to check out all the intersectional justice issues to see how they overlap.