ABSTRACT This study critically examines the racial dynamics of Christian community development efforts. I use the Christian Community Development Association’s (CCDA) practice of relocation (the process by which middle to upper-income individuals intentionally relocate to low-income neighborhoods for community partnership) as my entry-point to this discussion. The intent of this project is twofold: First, I build on current literature of relocation by contextualizing the CCDA within broader historical trends; Second, I ground my study within critical race and whiteness studies, in order to consider how racial power and inequality remain, despite good intentions, entrenched in community development efforts for proximity, belonging, and solidarity. My findings suggest that as participants sought to become a vested member of their geographic community, they drew upon discourses that tended to minimize issues of power and difference, implicitly positioned themselves in redemptive roles, and de-emphasized historical structures of discrimination.

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化身归属的话语：解开白人城市搬迁者的动机和目标

摘要 本研究批判性地考察了基督教社区发展努力的种族动态。我使用基督教社区发展协会 (CCDA) 的搬迁实践（中高收入个人有意搬迁到低收入社区以建立社区伙伴关系的过程）作为我本次讨论的切入点。这个项目的目的是双重的：首先，我通过将 CCDA 置于更广泛的历史趋势中的背景，以当前的搬迁文献为基础；其次，我将我的研究建立在批判性种族和白人研究的基础上，以考虑种族权力和不平等如何仍然存在，尽管意图良好，但在社区发展努力中根深蒂固，以实现亲近感、归属感和团结。