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Student Sparks Outrage Over Textbook's Racist Christianity Label

10/17/2025

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Kelbie Murphy, a senior at the University of North Georgia, says a textbook in her International Public Relations course labels Christianity as a 'U.S.-based white supremacist group'.
The passage has circulated since 2007 without comment from the university.
Murphy paid about $100 for the book.
She recorded a TikTok reading the passage to push reevaluation.
Murphy received apologies from her professor and a school official after the video went viral.

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Kelbie Murphy, a senior at the University of North Georgia, says a textbook in her International Public Relations course labels Christianity as a 'U.S.-based white supremacist group'.
The passage has circulated since 2007 without comment from the university.
Murphy paid about $100 for the book.
She recorded a TikTok reading the passage to push reevaluation.
Murphy received apologies from her professor and a school official after the video went viral.