How do you feel about this?

Question

This is democrat candidate for president, Barack Obama's church. http://www.tucc.org/about.htm
What do you think would occur if a white male running for president belonged to a church like this?

Answer 1

I think the blacks would scream prejudice!! What ever happened to a healthy BALANCE?? we have all different races that worship together in my church and you know why? Because when you're in Christ, race DISAPPEARS!!!

Answer 2

I must admit, if you took that page and replaced the word black with white, it would sound startlingly similar to a lot of white supremacist organizations. It's a bit disheartening. Slavery and racism are terrible things, but they are no excuse to turn around and act exactly the same way that you were treated.

In fact, here, I'll replace "black" with "white":

1. Commitment to God
2. Commitment to the White Community
3. Commitment to the White Family
4. Dedication to the Pursuit of Education
5. Dedication to the Pursuit of Excellence
6. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
7. Commitment to Self-Discipline and Self-Respect
8. Disavowal of the Pursuit of "Middleclassness"
9. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community
10. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
11. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
12. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.

There is *no* doubt in my mind that a church with these precepts would be considered racist.

You know, the more closely I look at it, the more ridiculous it gets. For example, what's with the capitalization? At first I thought they just capitalized everything the way you would in a book or movie title, but that's not true. Capitalization seems to denote importance here, I guess that's why I shouldn't be surprised that almost every word in this sentence is capitalized: "Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting Black Institutions". Good to know that some things about churches never change... I guess. Almost surprised that this whole line isn't all in caps.

Answer 3

Take the word "black" out of it and replace it with the word "all". Take the word "Africa" out of it and replace it with the word "all" and the theology might not be bad. Christ, Christian virtues, faith, forgiveness won by Jesus, must be central in all faiths,.I think that if a candidate used the word "white" instead of "black" and Germany or England or other European countries instead of Africa, that candidate would have some big problems on his/her hands.

Answer 4

It'd be kind of strange if a white candidate belonged to such a Black focused church.

I have yet to see a "pro-white" group that isn't actually against other races.

Answer 5

It sounds like it's a little too focused on race and not focused enough on religion.

Answer 6

Nicely asked... good job!