Ex-gay leader: Black Americans are dirty
Good As You points us to a piece from Concerned Women for America’s radio show with Matt Barber and guest Stephen Bennett, the leader of “ex-gay” Stephen Bennett Ministries.
Talking about ex-gay Charlene Cothran, Bennett states:
“Looking over the masses of BLACK American People, and it was for the first time she saw, as she describes it, that dirtiness, she felt dirty”
Here is the audio:
Good As You is quick to say:
Now, this could, of course, have just been a casual slip (rather than one more Sigmund-esque). However, when listening to the audio this morning while multi-tasking, the mistake jarred our ears alive so fully, it’s hard to believe that neither Bennett nor anyone at CWA caught the mistake and either clarified it or edited it out! It just seems like such a HUGE blunder, and one that they certainly would have wanted to corrected in some fashion!
Whether a slip or on purpose… it should have been corrected. Unless, of course, Bennett really meant to say such a thing.
Hey, we all know that prejudices usually go hand in hand. Being prejudiced against one group opens a Pandora’s Box. If one is racist, one is more likely to be anti-gay. If one is anti-gay, one is more likely to be sexist. It isn’t always true, because of course, gay folks can be racist and black folks can be sexist, but it does happen quite often.
I wonder when or if we’ll ever see some sort of clarification from CWA or Bennett. My bet is on really, really soon or never.
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By dja on Jul 6, 2007