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In June 2020, a video clip showing Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy shining the shoes of Lecrae, a Black musician, went viral on social media: Websites such as The Gateway Pundit and The Washington Examiner posted this video under headlines that suggested Cathy had literally said, White people should shine shoes of black people to express shame for racism. Chick-fil-A restaurants have won favor with conservative audiences in recent years in large part because of Cathy's stance against same-sex marriage. When the above-displayed video went viral — in the midst of nationwide protests after the death of a Black man in police custody in Minneapolis — it prompted some people to accuse Cathy of being racist against white people: Although this is a genuine video of Cathy shining the shoes of a Black man, the above-displayed headlines do not relay direct quotes from Cathy. In the video, Cathy invites all people, not just white people, to shine the shoes of anyone (not just Black people). The video was taken at Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and shows Cathy, Lecrae, and Pastor Louie Giglio talking about racism. Cathy tells a story about a revival that was held in a small town in Texas with a history of racism. A young man in attendance, according to Cathy, was so moved by the anti-racism message of the sermon that he went over to an older Black man and started to shine his shoes. Cathy then says: The full video is below (the story starts around the 38:35 mark): Cathy was clearly talking about how to counteract racism when he made these messages. However, Cathy did not literally say that white people should shine black's shoes to show sense of shame for racism. In fact, it appears that shining shoes was a symbolic gesture to illustrate Cathy's larger point: that the world needs to take action to combat racism, and that those actions need to begin with an apologetic heart.
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