I know that I’m late to this controversy but I decided to blog about it anyway. As a Christian it appalls me that this type of rhetoric would be associated with the name of Jesus Christ:Here’s an excerpt for you guys with a slow connection:

“Barack knows what it means living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people,” Wright said. “Hillary would never know that.” He went on: “Hillary ain’t never been called a nigger. Hillary has never had a people defined as a non-person.”

This type of separation by race really has no place in Christianity. It shouldn’t have happened in the south and it shouldn’t happen now. What does it matter that Clinton hasn’t been called the n-word? I bet she’s been called the c-word plenty of times. Which is worse? Someone should ask Obama if he agrees with his pastor that we caused 9-11. They should ask Obama if he thinks Hillary shouldn’t be president because she can hail a cab or because she hasn’t been called the n-word.BTW, where in the Bible does it tell us Jesus’ skin tone? It’s sad that the pastor has to turn Jesus into a black man to be able to worship him. He really is making an idol in his own image.And those of you who don’t think this is a big deal obviously don’t understand Christianity:

Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Just to let you know, I do understand this preacher sees himself preaching in the tradition of black liberation theology so I do get the interpretive grid through which he reads the Bible and it’s one of the reason’s I’ve refrained from commenting about him until I actually heard some of the remarks he’s made in the pulpit. If a pastor wants to approach the Bible from a black perspective, taking into account the pain and suffering that blacks have gone through over many years of living in a racially divided south and a society that is still struggling with race issues and reject the interpretive grid of white Europeans since they come from different places, that’s their prerogative and it even could be done in a way that uplifts a black congregation without denigrating others. But I can’t see how this pastor can denigrate Clinton in terms of race and not be considered a racist. Of course saying that I can understand it doesn’t mean that I believe the Bible supports that type of interpretation but of course that’s probably my white European presuppositions talking :-)Should Obama be held accountable for his pastor’s words? No, but I’ve been held accountable for the words of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and James Dobson even though they are not my mentor or my pastor and I don’t bring my children weekly to hear them preach. At the very least he should be asked and should answer specific questions about his pastor’s views on America and race.Update: The ABC News report has been removed from YouTube. You can view it here.