"Blacks" don't need help, and as long as the Left and victocrats insist on equating skin color to neediness this form of racism won't die.
Some people do need help in this country, but it is not a function of their relative melanin level. If this Bishop is telling his flock that they are needy because of something unchangeable, like their skin, then he is doing them a grave disservice.
Tell them they are poor and needy because of poor education, broken families, unparented children, and you leave them with hope; those things they can change. But, tell them they are poor and needy because they are Black, and you destroy their hope for better, absolve them of responsibility for their condition, and stoke divisive anger. Hardly Christian leadership.
I didn't get the impression that he was telling his people this from the article. I got that from the various posts through out the years about blacks and their asking for a handout and this being the reason they will not vote republican. I, like you agree that there are many situations that blacks can cure themselves. What I read from his article was the lack of interest in helping the poor period and blaming it on blacks having made too many advancements. If this is the case, which I stated I have read on these posts, then my argument is this is not christian and regardless of whether the person is black or white there are still needy people in the world.
Many people have responded and put words in my mouth by saying that I believe the government should be a handout organization or that black people are the only ones that need help. I'm only viewing it from a christian perspective. We will always have the poor amoung us (regardless of the reason) and there are those we should legitimately help. If people are not willing to believe this, then my opinion is they are not following christian principles.