Did the sound track include the "Oriental Riff?" You know it -- yada dada da da, da da da.
Too bad they've changed their ways. They could have used this too:
Posted on 02/03/2021 7:08:14 PM PST by marshmallow
The video has been removed, but Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president for the Asian American Christian Collaborative, on Twitter described the video as using Asian culture 'as a prop for slapstick humor.'
(RNS) — Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren has apologized for a children’s Sunday school curriculum video that used Asian culture stereotypes to teach kids about the Bible.
The video has been removed, but Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president for the Asian American Christian Collaborative, on Twitter described it as using Asian culture “as a prop for slapstick humor.” The video, she said, blurs and dishonors “distinctions and categories of Asian culture.”
In it, she said, a pastor wears a Chinese shirt, makes Kung Fu sounds and pretends to make sushi that he then spits out.
“There are layers to the problematic appropriation and use of Asian culture elements for slapstick humor here. This kind of humor only works because it’s deprecating. But you cannot appropriate and deprecate on someone else’s culture for your own personal comedy,” she tweeted.
Warren, in a statement issued Sunday (Jan. 31), apologized and said he was upset and embarrassed by the racially offensive content of the video. It was immediately taken down, he said.
“My instant fear was that the thousands of Asian American children who are a part of our church family would feel made fun of and that their families and so many others would rightfully be offended,” Warren said in the statement.
Warren said the video showed a former Saddleback Church kids’ pastor dressed as an Asian martial arts sensei “in an attempt to teach Bible truth.”
Although the video was posted this weekend, Warren said it was created four years ago.
“This is the very kind of cultural and racial insensitivity that we’re trying to eradicate in our......
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I haven’t paid attention to this guy since he prayed his non Christian prayer at Obammys inauguration. He turns his religion on and off with a switch.
He went full on Black Lives Matter as well. Some of his staff were uncomfortable with his position, but he would accept resignation from anyone who didn’t like it.
Was the class taught by the news babe who fell for all the fake Chinese names after that plane crash?
Red and yellow black and white
They are precious in his sight
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
How politically incorrect. The words have now been changed to fit the culture.
African-American and indigenous people
Caucasian or Asian no matter your persuasion
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
He told them he would accept their resignations.
I recall him observing Syria was moderate under the Assad regime. Rick became enamored with politics, unfortunately.
I haven’t paid attention to this guy since my church had a Bible class discussion on “The Purpose Driven Life”.
I tried to like that book. I really did. But I really did not like it.
Coming from Arizona i always heard it
Red, brown, yellow black or white
They are precious in his sight
Jesus loves the little children
Of the world
Odd because I learned that well over 60 years ago before they called African Americans black.
Did the sound track include the "Oriental Riff?" You know it -- yada dada da da, da da da.
Too bad they've changed their ways. They could have used this too:
Rick Warren
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He curries favor with the world.
Rick Warren isn’t the only one.
For year now I’ve been watching the hyper Charismatic/Pentecostal movements sink into this head on deep into these waters.
Ironically enough this is at the heart of Bethel Church’s recent leadership change that and along with the senior pastors dissmay of Bill Johnson’s refusal to open back up the Church among other things.
One of my favorite Churches who for the last two years has carried the Spirit who’s been a (Philadelphia) has also fallen into this subduction along with other once solid Churches what’s at heart of this? Emotionalism along with the need to keep their cool hip hipster key 14 to 25 demographic well happy and fully content.
This new emotional based Gnostic driven consumer based apostasy will only drive the Church deeper and deeper into the abyss with little or no way out.
Dark times are here
Pray for the Church
Wrong. 2nd line should be “.... and any color other than white”
“Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president for the Asian American Christian Collaborativ”
Yeah, I don’t think so.
I learned it Responsibility’s way. 50 years ago.
I’m from the south; maybe a regional difference?
Probably. There has always been Americans of Hispanic decent in the Southwest
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