Yes. There is a direct link between evangelical Christianity and racism going back to before the Civil War in the American south. In fact, the Southern Baptist Convention was formed as a breakaway sect from the American Baptist church in 1860 for the express purpose of supporting the Confederacy and the institution of slavery. After the Civil War, it supported segregation, Jim Crow laws, and more. It still condones racism by allowing openly racist ministers in its midst, and allowing congregation to pick their own pastors (guess who the racist congregations pick)<