Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Rickey Smiley Believes the Bible Oppresses Black Folks [VIDEO]

*Rickey Smiley may be a devoted Christian but even he has a few issues with the Bible.

In a 2018 interview with Vlad TV, Smiley shared his belief that the Bible teaches racism and oppresses Black people, I Love Old School Music reported.

“I tell you what, I’m really questioning some of the Bible stories,” Smiley confessed. “And I think some of that stuff in the Bible is set up to train Black people to be submissive to systematic racism and White supremacy. THAT I believe…THAT I definitely believe.”

Rickey then noted the one biblical passage that he ain’t really feeling: “‘Turn the other cheek,’ or whatever…people don’t mess with nobody that fight back,” he said. “People do NOT mess with nobody that fight back. Black people have been taught to forgive and ‘turn the other cheek’ for 400 YEARS…and what has changed? NOTHING.”

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Vlad pointed out that the Bible was used to control slaves and that slave masters gave Black preachers Bibles to teach their own people.

“I believe that…I TOTALLY believe that…totally. And you have it to this day because when you see all these Black preachers that were sitting around Donald Trump…SAME thing,” Rickey replied. 

“And remember now…only thing Trump need[s] is 8 percent…to get re-elected. George Bush needed 10 and he got it, because he went around to all those Black preachers to preach abortion and gay marriage sermons, which got Black Christians in an uproar. And 10 percent of them voted for George W. Bush…that pushed him over the top to become re-elected against John Kerry in 2004. So, yeah..and they’re being used now.

Donald Trump is promoting racism, and the White nationalism and all that stuff. … It wouldn’t be no reason for me to sit at the table and talk to him about ANYTHING, because once you identify yourself as a racist and a White supremacist, it’s nothing to talk about.”

The conversation then turned to Steve Harvey meeting with Trump.

“I think Steve went with good intentions, but he probably didn’t know at the time, what he was dealing with. And I’m sure that if he had to do that all over again, he definitely wouldn’t,” said Smiley. 

Scroll up and watch the interview via the player above. 

What do you think of Rickey’s commentary regarding the Bible?

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