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Originally Posted by tstew
I'll say one more thing then I'm about through. Once again, this thread was about alleged behavior. To say that I am personally aware of this behavior among black preachers gives the implication that the behavior is somehow a black related issue.
I've said before that the only reason I even commented was in the hopes that someone like MOW would not voice something like this and totally misrepresent himself to others like myself. I know that he pastors a church that is mixed in race, but I'm telling you that there are many black people who may be perspective members who would read that or hear that and really raise an eyebrow.
I co-wrote an article with my pastor on multi-cultural evangelism and one thing that we discussed is if race is irrelevant to you, it's best to highlight race unless it's relevant to the conversation. At that point we were simply discussing allegations against a preacher who happened to be black. And they were the sort of allegations that truthfully we routinely hear about people from other races as well. It is almost perceived as systemic in an organization that is overwhelmingly white...namely the Catholic church.
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Very well said, Stew, and obviously at a more tolerable volume than mine.
This really is the entirety of my point. Race was brought in when it should have never been. Any who believe the alleged behavior with Eddie Long is a "Black problem" or primarily a "Black problem" is just
WAY off-base. Statistically, a white man is way,
WAY more likely to commit this crime and almost always, the perpetrator would claim to be "Straight." IF ANYTHING, this is primarily a "White problem", not a black one. And as you mentioned, one need to look no further than the Catholic church problem to verify this.
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