Cobb writes:

"I hereby state unequivocably that Jesse Lee Peterson is a fraud and that his ministry, to the extent I can discern, is illogical and shallow."

in response to this idiotic bullshit:

Racism in the pulpit is an issue that has gone undealt with for the past forty years in the black churches. We hear many black preachers talking about racism in the white churches, but never the racism that is in the hearts and minds of the black preachers. We often hear black preachers say that Sunday morning is the most racist time of the week because whites go to their churches and blacks to theirs. However, the question has never been asked, "What role are black preachers playing in keeping the races from coming together on Sunday morning?".

It is apparent to most Americans that Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters, Louis Farrakhan, the NAACP, liberal elite whites, and the Democratic Party are racist, but until now, the black preachers have hidden behind their pulpits. We saw an example of racism in the black churches during the last Los Angeles riots, when the Rev. Cecil Murray reared his ugly head of racism. Now we see it again coming out of the church & this time Crenshaw Christian Center, where the Rev. Frederick K.C. Price is Founder and Pastor.

Pastor Price has recently been teaching on race, religion, and interracial relationships. Fred Price has been in the public eye for approximately twenty years now. He has one of the largest black churches in the Los Angeles area. His televised ministry is also seen on TV stations across the country. One of the preachers who helped build Pastor Price is a well-known white minister from Oklahoma. According to Fred, when he first started his ministry, there were only a few blacks who would support him because he was a faith-healing teacher, and so most of his support came from the white community. The white minister from Oklahoma became not just a big supporter of Fred, but the two men also became friends as did their families. Pastor Price has even stated that his church has given a hundred thousand dollars a year to the man's ministry.

Some time ago, this white minister's son , who is also a minister, spoke on interracial relationships, and suggested that he did not believe that the races should mix, even though there were people in his church who were interracially married. Fred Price heard word of the son's talk, and confronted him about it, as Fred felt the son's position was racist. The son refused to change his opinion on the issue, and the father backed the son.

In giving his reasons for whites not wanting to marry blacks, Pastor Price stated that whites believe they are superior and that blacks are inferior. Undoubtedly, some whites do feel superior to blacks (Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nation, etc.). And some blacks also feel superior to other blacks (Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters, etc.). However, the important question for blacks should not be, "Do whites feel and act superior to blacks?", but rather, "Do blacks feel and act inferior to whites?". If the answer is "yes", then we need to look at why that is.

I don't believe that most whites feel superior to blacks, but I do believe that most blacks feel inferior to whites. Why should blacks be angry if some whites think they are superior? And why would they want their children to marry into any group that believes it's superior to them? I would not want or allow my children to marry anyone who believed that way. Ministers who think this way are blinded by their own anger. Otherwise they would clearly see the folly in their thinking.

In his recent teaching, Pastor Price went on to tell how he sent a tape of the white pastor making the interracial marriage comments to those black pastors who are now associated with this white pastor (Ed Note: Likely in hopes that they would disassociate themselves from the white pastor's ministry). Instead, according to Fred, the black pastors replied back stating that it did not matter to them what the minister's views were on interracial relationships. Fred went on to define the difference between a "house nigger" and a "field nigger", apparently implying that these black ministers who did not protest were "house niggers".

"Field niggers", according to Fred Price, were the blacks that the white man made work the fields, but as blacks they stuck together. "House niggers" were the blacks who worked inside the homes of the whites, and became friendly with their masters. Price referred to the black pastors who would not turn away from the white pastor as "house niggers". I cannot help but wonder what the reaction would be from Fred Price or the black community if a white pastor were to use the word "nigger" in his church to define another pastor or person? I thought the word "nigger" is not a word that is supposed to be used in today's language, or is it okay if blacks use it? What is worse & to hear a white pastor say that he does not agree with interracial marriage, or to hear a black pastor call another black pastor a "house nigger"? I think the answer is obvious.

Pastor Price said that he is dealing with this issue because society must get rid of anything that looks like evil. I suggest that Fred Price start by taking a look at himself. It is not evil to want your children to marry a man or woman who has the same skin color as their parents. When did that become evil?

Let me better explain the term House Nigger Reverend Peterson.

A House Nigger is a black person so concerned about winning acceptance from whites, that they will betray their own principles and turn their backs on their own brothers to win that approval. If you need further examples, take a look in the mirror.

I have never been a big Fred Price fan. I grew up in the shaddow of his Ministry, and many of my friends back in Los Angeles are members of his church. In this example he is SHOWING principle, something you have apparently forgotten. This is not a question of, "marrying a white person as a symbol of equality." It is a question of being able to marry whomever you love, without racist principles denying that union under the banner of "choice."

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