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Jeremiah Wright says black people shouldn’t rely on government for help
by elizabeth crisp| ecrisp@theadvocate.com
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a polarizing religious leader and former spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama, told a crowd at Southern University on Thursday that black people have historically turned to the wrong direction for help — from Biblical times through slavery, the Civil War and up to modern day.
“Our help doesn’t come from government. It doesn’t come from guns. It comes from God,” Wright said. “If you’re looking to the government for help, you’re looking in the wrong place.”
Wright’s speech, part of a Black History Month program at the historically black college, relied heavily on Scripture — or as he fondly called it, “poetry” of the prophets — but was just short of being a full religious sermon.
Link: http://theadvocate.com/news/politics/11637899-123/jeremiah-wright-says-blacks-shouldnt
by elizabeth crisp| ecrisp@theadvocate.com
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a polarizing religious leader and former spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama, told a crowd at Southern University on Thursday that black people have historically turned to the wrong direction for help — from Biblical times through slavery, the Civil War and up to modern day.
“Our help doesn’t come from government. It doesn’t come from guns. It comes from God,” Wright said. “If you’re looking to the government for help, you’re looking in the wrong place.”
Wright’s speech, part of a Black History Month program at the historically black college, relied heavily on Scripture — or as he fondly called it, “poetry” of the prophets — but was just short of being a full religious sermon.
Link: http://theadvocate.com/news/politics/11637899-123/jeremiah-wright-says-blacks-shouldnt