Lecrae. Brotha, brotha, brotha…your spine has to be made of something more than Jell-O, especially these days.
The sound you are hearing is the crackling of freshly-chopped 280-character wood that has been thrown on the Twitter fire that is roasting the soul of the Christian rapper.
You see, Lecrae recently sat down for a discussion with Pastor Louie Giglio and Chick-fil-a CEO Dan Cathy (a man who has made copious bigoted remarks in the past) to talk about injustice, racism, and the Jesus they love. Things were going well in the one-hour and ten-minute clip until the 21:23 mark.
It is at that point that Pastor Louis Giglio broached the topic of white privilege and made one of the most patently racist and tone-deaf statements we think we’ve ever heard. That’s heavenly hyperbole either, it’s really that bad.
“…we understand the curse that was slavery. White people do, and we say ‘that was bad’ but we miss the blessing of slavery…”
We’re going to continue but we figured it prudent to stop at this point and allow you to compose yourself before you read the next few lines of this KKKhristian propaganda. That first part alone is enough to enrage even the most apathetically agnostic among us. Ready? Ok.
“…that it built up the framework for the world that white people live in and lived in (Lecrae: Yes!) a lot of people call this ‘white privilege’ and say those two words it’s just like a fuse goes off for a lot of white people because they don’t want somebody telling them to check their privilege”
Oh but he ain’t done, there’s so much more:
“…I know both you and I have struggled in these days with ‘Hey, if the phraes is the trip-up, let’s get over the phrase and get down to the heart. Let’s get down to what then do you want to call it and I think a great thing for me is to call it…white blessing (Lecrae: *chuckles*).That I’m living in the blessing of the curse that happened generationally that allowed me to grow up in Atlanta…”
White. Blessing. What book of the bible is that in?! Slave-iticus?!?!? Peep the video below. SMFH
Like we said earlier, they are COOKING Lecrae.
@lecrae There’s a reason why benevolently racist evangelical White men feel good keeping company with you. Because even if your advocacy for Black folks, you will never fully hold them accountable because some part of you still wants their acceptance and validation.
— Candice Marie Benbow (@CandiceBenbow) June 16, 2020
@lecrae And that has everything to do with how you see yourself and has nothing to do with a radical vision of the kindom. Perhaps, instead of writing some books, you should read a few more.
— Candice Marie Benbow (@CandiceBenbow) June 16, 2020
@lecrae you let a White man say some foolishness and didn’t check him because you want to lead with “grace” and “love”. You were wrong. Own that. Doing all you do for Black people should include standing up for them when it’s uncomfortable. You should have done that then.
— Candice Marie Benbow (@CandiceBenbow) June 16, 2020
That was the polite read. Lecrae replied but cowardly deleted all of his tweets. Flip the page for the others…
“The BLESSING OF SLAVERY is that it built the frame that white people live in…”
And you just sat there?!?! pic.twitter.com/fU19nv5039
— sagittarius babyyy (@sagittariusbab9) June 16, 2020
“The BLESSING OF SLAVERY is that it built the frame that white people live in…” And you just sat there?!?!
—Just sat there…
Lecrae is just the latest example of the type of black "leaders" that are put in spaces that they shouldn't be in that Malcolm X spoke on over 55 years ago
He was put there because "they" knew he wouldn't be call them out for their "White Blessing"pic.twitter.com/3y5ECSbNjM
— P. Against The World 🤘🏿🕊 (@chillin662) June 16, 2020
Lecrae is just the latest example of the type of black “leaders” that are put in spaces that they shouldn’t be in that Malcolm X spoke on over 55 years ago. He was put there because “they” knew he wouldn’t be call them out for their “White Blessing”.
—YIKES!
When Kanye said slavery was a choice, I didn’t think it could be topped. But @louiegiglio just looked Lecrae dead in the eyes and tried to explain to him that slavery was somehow a “blessing.”
When y’all gone divest from yt evangelicalism once and for all??
— Ramses 🇻🇪🇬🇾 (@RamsesPrashad) June 16, 2020
When Kanye said slavery was a choice, I didn’t think it could be topped. But @louiegiglio just looked Lecrae dead in the eyes and tried to explain to him that slavery was somehow a “blessing.” When y’all gone divest from yt evangelicalism once and for all??
—Defund the pro-Christ.
Lecrae really let that white pastor call slavery a blessing pic.twitter.com/EGCvAbJEKs
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) June 16, 2020
Lecrae really let that white pastor call slavery a blessing
—Really let that man run his soup-coolers to say some nonsense.
I'm floored. 😳😠 How in the hell did Lecrae allow him to say all of that nonsense without checking him ONCE?!? pic.twitter.com/TCTOfmu8iZ
— є∂∂ιє gσт ѕσℓє🇵🇷 (@Eddied80) June 16, 2020
I’m floored. How in the hell did Lecrae allow him to say all of that nonsense without checking him ONCE?!?
—We would have started levitating, our eyes would have started glowing, and God almighty would have spoken through us. SMH.
The Coons welcome you pic.twitter.com/gANpIkIG0H
— Cory the Coon Sniffer (@CoonSniffer) June 16, 2020
The Coons welcome you
—A raccoon on a thermometer is insane LMAOOO!
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LeCrae looking like this right about now pic.twitter.com/iMUugkBwr5
— Rod Willie (@RodWill72) June 16, 2020
LeCrae looking like this right about now
—LaCoon Stand-in-the-field? Damn…
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