New Pastor Offers ‘Gospel Remix’ at Obama’s Church

[TheSarge]

http://www.theledger.com/article/20080308/NEWS/803080349/1023

At the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ, he calls Moses a “thug” transformed into a liberator by God. He compares Biblical prejudice against lepers to racism faced by blacks. He peppers his sermon with hip-hop, finding spiritual yearning in the songs of Common.


Asked about the controversy, Moss said it seems to scare people when African-Americans assert their race.

“No one ever would tell the German evangelicals, ‘Stop that Oktoberfest! You stop eating that sausage!’ You would never say that because we assume, of course, they want to celebrate their heritage,” Moss said.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

“No one ever would tell the German evangelicals, ‘Stop that Oktoberfest! You stop eating that sausage!’ You would never say that because we assume, of course, they want to celebrate their heritage,” Moss said.

So racist revisionism is to blacks what sauge and beer is to Germans.

I-i-i-interesting.