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Wright is black.
White Evangelicals are White.
End point
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Ok, while that's really simplifying it too much, it's an important thing to note. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan. What do all four of them have in common? They're all four outspoken Black religious figures, and all four of them receive almost universal condemnation politically. Despite the differences they might have in actual ideology or theology, that one thread ties them together.
Now what do most radical white evangelicals have in common? They're white, and they almost always fly under the radar and are given the utmost of respect for the most part, unless they say something really outrageous. Then they're scolded for...maybe 2 weeks before they regain their credibility. Falwell, Robertson, Donahue, Hagee, Perkins, etc. They all have said outrageous things about America, but, as Chris Rock said, "It's all right, 'cuz it's all white!"
It's hardly the whole story, but it's a big part that for some reason, white Political Christians (I refuse to believe they're genuine Christians, for their actual ignorance of Christ's own teachings) are given the utmost respect, while black religious figures for the most part are either shills, hypocrites, frauds, or racebaiters, regardless of the merits of what they might have to say.
Tie that together with 'Scary Black possibly Muslim Democratic America Hater vs. Safe, White, War-Supporting War Hero with Respectable Religious Friends', and you get the narrative we have now.
Now, I'd go into the white, sane Christians that speak up politically....except as far as the media goes, they don't exist. (snark) After all, only REPUBLICANS are religious and moral. (/snark)
