There’s audacity, and then there’s whatever Christian nationalist Joel Webbon was preaching last week. The White Texas-based pastor took to his “Right Response Ministries” podcast to deliver a jaw-dropping rant that sounded more like racist White supremacist propaganda than a productive discussion.
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And telling Black folks to “stop whining and crying” about slavery when being in bondage was our fault was just the tip of the iceberg.
Webbon started off his YouTube video paying tribute to the late pastor, Voddie Baucham Jr. of Zambia, but it didn’t take long for things to go left. He went on a full-blown rant, claiming Black folks should see slavery “as a blessing,” adding that without it, we’d “live in a grass hut.”
He didn’t stop there, saying our reparations are simply “getting to live in America” — the very country built on our ancestors’ stolen labor, per Albert African American Studies. And just when you thought he’d said enough, Webbon doubled down, explaining why he believes we should be thankful for slave masters.
“The greatest moment in history for any brown or Black country is the moment that the White man’s ships arrive on your shore,” Webbon boldly declared. “He brings the gospel of Jesus Christ, he catechizes you and your children, he brings exports, he brings hospitals, medicine, life expansion increases, GDP and resources increase, medicine increases, and most importantly, you get taught the gospel of Jesus Christ so that you can live longer on Earth and then go to Heaven instead of Hell.”
That wasn’t all. The pastor added that although White European history does involve sin, non-European people have been “worshipping demons” while White folks were “building cathedrals.”
He continued: “And for those who are of non-European descent, but live in the Western world, you are exceedingly blessed. And the response shouldn’t be, ‘Let’s push back against wokeness and just say nobody talk about race.’ No, the response should be: Stop whining, stop throwing a fit, get it together. God has blessed you, and he blessed you in large part through White people. So stop doing it. And also, as for you and your house, do your part to change the FBI crime statistics and stop killing people.”
Folks on Twitter were baffled at the sheer audacity of the pastor’s racist rant, and had no problem voicing their opinions on the trending video.
“I have a message for Joel. Kiss my Black butt” one fan teased.
“These are the type of people who would commit suicide when they find out Jesus isn’t some white haired blue eyed prophet,” a second laughed.
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