For Immediate Release

Minister Ari S. Merretazon, Regional Representative N’COBRA

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The Reverend Jim Wallis has called racism America’s greatest sin before God. That sin is exacerbated by the fact that America has never repented for the sin she committed against hundreds of millions of Africans in chattel slavery.  “To admit to that sin, to confess that mistake and to apologize for a wrong for which there is no justification is not something that anyone with a racist mind would ever consider as a possibility,” says The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, of Chicago.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of presidential candidate, Barak Obama, will be the keynote speaker at the 20^th Anniversary Gala of the National Conference of Blacks for Reparations in America (N ‘COBRA) on Thursday, June 21 2007,      7:00PM at 3801 Market Street.   “The biblical principle of true repentance is that the offended party is given compensation to make up for that which has been stolen from them, the losses they have been inflicted upon them and their families,” said Rev. Wright in a written statement to N’COBRA.

Rev. Wright said that America understands this principle in a crystal-clear fashion when it comes to Jews who went through a Holocaust which cost the lives of six million persons because of the hatred of Hitler.  “America understands that principle and has acted on it when it comes to the reparations paid to Japanese families whose parents, grandparents and extended family members were thrown into interment camps during World War II after the Japanese Air Force bombed Pearl Harbor.”

Wall Street was built on the backs of Black Africans.  The nation’s capitol was literally built by the hands of Black Africans whose feet were in bondage and shackles.  This country is only able to enjoy its prestigious position of prominence in the world today because it stands on the backs of Africans who were enslaved from the 1600’s through the late 1800’s. Africans, please remember, Rev. Wright said, “Africans were defined as property in the constituting documents of this country.  They were not even worthy of being considered full human beings.”

There will be a great turn-out for Dr. Wright and his message during the Gala at 3801 Market Street.  Tickets are $75 and can be purchased on line at www.ncobraphiladelphia.net or call 267-307-0001. N’COBRA is encouraging religious leaders to purchase tables in support of Dr. Wright and his position on Reparations, said Minister Merretazon, Northeast Regional Representative who is the contact for the conference and gala.

“To admit that sin, to confess that mistake and to apologize for a wrong for which there is no justification is not something that anyone with a racist mind would ever consider as a possibility.  It is for that reason that reparations are not even discussed in this country by those who have the power to make a difference in the lives of the descendents of the very ones who built this country,” is how Rev. Wright ended his statement to N’COBRA.

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