Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae has responded to the Twitter dragging he received over a recent interview in which Pastor Louie Giglio suggested that the term “white privilege” be replaced with “white blessing.”
During the original conversation on Sunday, June 14, Giglio broke down why he feels the term white privilege should instead be referred to as “white blessing.”
“And so a lot of people call this ‘white privilege’ and when you say those two words it just is like a fuse goes off for a lot of white people because they don’t want someone to tell them to check their privilege,” the pastor continued.
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As the video made its way across the internet, fans came down on Lecrae for his demeanor during the explanation and felt he immediately should have spoken against the pastor’s opinion as opposed to appearing to agree, only slightly nodding his head as Giglio spoke.
Pastor Giglio has since apologized for his use of the term as well, saying that “white privilege is real.”