The evangelical pastor of an Atlanta megachurch is walking back comments he made about slavery in a roundtable discussion he held on race in which he called slavery a “blessing.”
Louis Giglio, who is pastor at the Passion City Church, spoke with a group Sunday (June 14) that included Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy and gospel hip-hop superstar Lecrae, in which he looked back at America’s hateful history, NBC News reported.
"We understand the curse that was slavery, white people do, and we say that was bad, but we miss the blessing of slavery, that it actually built up the framework for the world that white people live in and lived in," Giglio said.
Lecrae countered Giglio’s comment, telling the group.
“Like so many I am so hurt by what is happening in our nation right now and one of the things I’m most heartbroken about is trying to help myself continue to learn and to help my white brothers and sisters understand that white privilege is real and in trying to get that sentiment across on Sunday, I used the phrase ‘white blessing’, for which I’m deeply sorry.
