@2, no this is different - as Charles alluded to. It wasn't mean, spiteful, condescending - it was humor over voice inflections and delivery - the blacks in the congregation appeared to be laughing the hardest.
If we can't all come together and see the entertainment in this, like Charles did, and instead jump on the whole racism angle - it's kind of sad.
That's Jesse Duplantis (yeah, it is disturbing that I know that, but his church is in New Orleans). He wasn't mocking at all - he grew up in Houma, an area of the state that has been surprisingly integrated for a long time (its in the swamps). Chances are he actually did grow up hearing black preachers.
He's an entertainer as much as a preacher, if you want my opinion.
I see it as more of a message to white preachers versus a negative comment on black preachers. If you want God's word to resonate, you must make it interesting to the flock.
What Sheryl said above... I grew up going to church and seeing Jesse come through my town a couple times a year. He's been around forever and defies what most think of White Evangelical Christians. He's probably the only fond memory I have of being forced to go to church three times a week until I was of age.
Please wait...
and remember to be decent to everyone all of the time.
If we can't all come together and see the entertainment in this, like Charles did, and instead jump on the whole racism angle - it's kind of sad.
Exaggerating a bit, but not totally off.
He's an entertainer as much as a preacher, if you want my opinion.