tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post7503372905176118466..comments2024-02-16T04:05:23.512-05:00Comments on Rev-elution: Black staff member request "white only" greeters at Charlotte, NC churchREV-elutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726120253716456109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-14913551077949503042013-09-05T05:26:54.944-04:002013-09-05T05:26:54.944-04:00I lay the blame squarely upon the shoulders of Mak...I lay the blame squarely upon the shoulders of Makeda Pennycooke. If a person has sufficient racial pride there is no way that anyone else can persuade him or her to speak ill against his or her own race such as this statement infers. There is no way that the Christian religion can be interpreted as believing that Caucasians are the "best of the best" -- on WHAT RATIONALE????? This image of Pennycooke shows her to appear to be an intelligent individual who could not be duped into backing such a stupid statement without full complicity, So the blame -- which should be on the white congregation and leaders -- still remains firmly on her shoulders. The lesson, young people, do not allow being around the majority population overshadow your common sense and your racial pride. It is tantament to allowing someone to "talk about your Momma!" Unbelieveable! Unconscionable! Someone hide this person from our sight!Marileezahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10765878781771234382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-24402792410808899272013-09-04T16:54:31.784-04:002013-09-04T16:54:31.784-04:00Need a clarification. You said that "this is...Need a clarification. You said that "this is an overwhelming white congregation," but Carmen Thomas (the complaining church member) said in her TV interview that the congregation was more black than white.<br /><br />Plus, you wrote that "this church isn't willing to share leadership with blacks," but Ms. Pennycooke IS in a position of leadership as executive pastor of operations.<br /><br />Either way, this was more than a pubic relations faux pas. The white main pastor has courted an interracial congregation from the church's inception. Why this current email requesting white greeters? It makes no sense if the congregation was mainly white (as you say), but more so if the congregation was tilting to a black majority (as Ms. Thomas says), and the pastor felt economically threatened in some way.<br /><br />Nothing like the organized church to give Christianity a bad name!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com