From Rev. Wright's address last night to the NAACP:
"Africans have a different meter, and Africans have a different tonality," he said. Europeans have seven tones, Africans have five. White people clap differently than black people. "Africans and African-Americans are right-brained, subject-oriented in their learning style," he said. "They have a different way of learning." And so on.
And from Reggie White's famous address to the Wisconsin Legislature in 1998:
White said he has thought about why God created different races. Each race has certain gifts, he said.
Blacks are gifted at worship and celebration, White said. "If you go to a black church, you see people jumping up and down because they really get into it," he said.
Whites are good at organization, White said. "You guys do a good job of building businesses and things of that nature, and you know how to tap into money," he said. "Hispanics were gifted in family structure, and you can see a Hispanic person, and they can put 20, 30 people in one home." The Japanese and other Asians are inventive, and "can turn a television into a watch," White said. Indians are gifted in spirituality, he said.
"When you put all of that together, guess what it makes: It forms a complete image of God," White said.
There is a striking similarity here.
Update: For the record, I'm a huge Reggie White fan. And nobody disputes he was a decent guy who did a lot of good for his community. A reader complains, "Lots of Packer fans would vote for an alien space lizard if he had Reggie White's endorsement." Perhaps true, but despite White's admirable character, he had some pretty loopy opinions on race, as does Rev. Wright. And of course, no presidential candidate would have attended White's ministry for 20 years to hear about how the Japanese make great watches because that's God's plan.
