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http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/why-defame-cuba-congregant%E2%80%99s-plea-rev-jeremiah-wright Why Defame Cuba? A Congregant’s Plea to Rev. Jeremiah Wright by Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture Lots of unexpected names turned up as signatories to a letter charging the Cuban government with systematic discrimination against Blacks. Among those who committed the foul injustice against Cuba, and shamed themselves, was Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s former pastor. A fellow member of the United Church of Christ asks, respectfully, that the minister explain himself. Why Defame Cuba? A Congregant’s Plea to Rev. Jeremiah Wright by Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture Ms. Nkrumah-Ture, a long-time activist and a member of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, DC, wrote the following letter to Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Pastor Emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ, in Chicago. Rev Wright is, of course, the former pastor to Barack Obama and one of 60 African American signatories to a recent letter [1] charging the Cuban government with systematic racism against the island nation’s Black and mixed race population. Rev. Wright had visited Ms. Nkrumah-Ture’s church just the week before. – The Editors “I pray you will do the right thing and demand that your name be removed from that awful letter.” Dear Rev. Wright: Praise the Lord and welcome to Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ! Many thanks to you for being in revival with us this week! I am writing to you because I am very concerned about issues of social justice, in this country and throughout the world. When I first joined PCUCC, under the bold and courageous leadership of Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister and Sis. Rev. Rebecca West, Associate Minister, I was so excited and quickly joined the Board of Social Action, the social justice ministry here. I was especially excited to be a member of the United Church of Christ, the most progressive Christian denomination in the U.S. When I read its website, I saw they were very involved in various issues of social justice that I too had been involved in for many years, effecting the people of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Pacific Islands; racism, women’s rights and reproductive justice, health care, environmental justice, immigrant rights, unions, nuclear weapons, etc. Which brings me to why I am writing this letter and I hope you will clarify something for me. (clip) ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
