7. And of course black politicians, sometimes unjustly attacked ones but also sometimes corrupt ones (Marion Barry) make same use of church.
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8. But making allowances for all contextualizing, the whole Ford association with black churches feels very wrong & exploitative.
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9. Part of the problem is Ford wants redemption on the cheap -- i.e. without confessing sins & giving up his wretched ways.
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10. There's also fact that Ford is a walking advertisement for white privilege.
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11. Ford is not unlike a suburban white youth who has taken up hip hop. He's borrowed everything from black culture but the burden.
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12. Feel bit queasy about even discussing this stuff because redemptive promise of Christianity is actually one of the best things about it.
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13. @fortyfs asks: "puzzled as to why a black church & not a white evangelical one. Ford is conservative; white fundies should be OK w/him"
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14. In answer to last question: because black church is seen having street cred & authenticity white fundies lack.
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15. Which gets us near answer to what is wrong with what Ford is doing: trading off other people's legacy of suffering.
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16. But I'd l really like to see a black Christian write about this stuff (both Ford and larger phenomenon).
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17. Final thought: fact Rob Ford is a white Catholic makes his use of black Protestant churches also interesting.
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