Americans Should 'Get Over' White Privilege and Recognize It as 'White Blessing' Says Megachurch
Americans Should Get Over White Privilege and Recognize It as White Blessing Says Megachurch Pastor To Outrage
Atlanta megachurch pastor Louie Giglio in under fire for advocating that Americans should get over the negative concept of white privilege and recognize it as white blessings.
Hosting what he called an honest conversation about race and the Church on Sunday with Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy and Christian hip-hop recording artist and music executive Lecrae, Giglio advocated for changing the term white privilege to make it less offensive to white Americans who dont want somebody telling them to check their privilege (video below.)
Giglio suggested, lets get over the phrase of white privilege.
I think maybe a great thing for me is to call it white blessing,' Giglio declared. That Im living in the blessing of the curse that happened generationally that allowed me to grow up in Atlanta.
I feel like on the inside of the church were fighting this historical context, Giglio told Lecrae and Cathy. In other words, we love the blessing of the cross, but we dont love to sit in it and realize this is what Gods asking me to do, to die to myself, and to live for him, whatever context thats going to look like for me.
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