"Why does it seem like the majority of christianity are black?"

I thought the same about the second question.

Around 70% of the US defines itself as christian. 13% of the US population is black. So even if 100% of black people are christians, they are still nowhere close to the majority of christians in the US.

I think the reason it's easy to infer that poorer people (not black people) are more often "christian" is that people that are overtly outspoken on certain issues are often overcompensating for something. At least, according to my own experiences. For example, at my home church in CO, I hardly ever heard anyone discuss God and finances. The church had a pretty high giving rate and many of the members were upper-middle class. When I moved to Tulsa, I heard people talk about how they were constantly being blessed and that God was solving all their problems. The majority of those people were in severe financial crisis.

I'm not debating the theology, but from what I have noticed, the more people overly condemn a subject or appear to have complete mastery of an area, the more they struggle with it internally. ie the preacher who is radically outspoken on alcoholism or pornography or adultery, is probably struggling with those things in their own life. The people who brag about how awesome their life is thanks to God, in my experience, are the people who are struggling the most.

So it's easy to think that the people who have the crappiest lives, are uneducated, or poor, are the majority of christians. The truth is, there are milliions of christians that you walk by every day and don't associate with christianity because they aren't outspoken about it.

It surprises me that anyone'd actually ask the second question. Not because "it's racist!", but just because it's such a local question.

When I lived in Oregon, I saw very few black people period. I remember non-religious blacks and I remember black Muslims. I remember plenty of white Christians. When I went to Georgia, there were a lot more black people and, generally speaking, a hell of a lot more Christians overall.

This is going to vary state-by-state, town-by-town, neighborhood-by-neighborhood.

If there is indeed a higher prevalence of Christianity among blacks in your state (Connecticut, according to your profile), it may be due to historical accident. Lemme explain...

The so-called Bible Belt consists of states that used to have black majorities. Often around 2/3 black. This is no longer the case; many decided to head north. This migration happened very recently compared to migrations from Europe and Africa many centuries ago... Connecticut has an entrenched culture that's been there for many centuries.

Stats vary from state to state, so if you want to really know, you'll have to hit the books, but I would suggest there may be a higher prevalence among blacks in the north of having families that immigrated from the "bible belt" region in recent history (<100 years). They aren't going to self identify as "southerners" like someone talking about their "irish heritage", and they might not look like Rick Perry, but this is part of their cultural background. The influence of that culture will be there for multiple generations, passed from parent to child.

While there's plenty of northern Christians, the book you have is not the whole story. Cultures vary wildly in how they treat their religion, interpret the truths, the social mores, strategies and tactic of religious expression, treatment of religion in arts, etc. etc. etc.

So you might be seeing that.

Don't miss the word "prevalence" there. There are blacks whose family's history in Connecticut goes back many centuries.

Taking the "historical accident" line of thought a little further, the vast majority of black Christians on the continent had ancestors who were brought there by force and adopted the religion under force. You're seeing this too.

There's no intrinsic reason that Christianity would appeal more to people with darker skin.

There will be a story to it, as there is for everything, but, if so happens that most Christians in your immediate vicinity are black, you would have to do the legwork to get an understanding of the story behind that. And it's going to be a sensitive topic.

What a DUMB subject! We should limit religious discussion to one active topic at a time.

1) Because it's 2000 years old, and it's everywhere.
2) Get out more, and prove yourself wrong.

Really!