“I’m not saying this to be racist, but…”: uncovering attitude of whiteness in a narrative study of a Brazilian Pentecostal church leader

This article examines the existence of whiteness and white supremacy in the words of Bishop Edir Macedo, leader of the powerful neo-Pentecostal Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Brazil. Through constructive narrative analysis, this article demonstrates evidence of attitude of whiteness (Teel Citation2019) in the bishop's writings on race and racism, thereby demonstrating forms of racist thinking (Martinot Citation2003, Citation2010). These are manifested through thought patterns which suggest that to be white is to be normal or neutral and through a performance of whiteness which Macedo subtly encourages among pastors within the Church.