Black Archbishop being sent racist hate mail

[T_i_B]

This really makes me angry that people do this. :grr:

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article321428.ece

The Church of England's first black archbishop has revealed that he has received racist and abusive letters, including some covered in human excrement.

Dr John Sentamu, who will be enthroned in York next month, said that although he was angered by the abuse, he prayed for those who had written the letters. He said: "I don't know where they are from. They don't tell you. They simply tell you, I am Mr White X and nigger go back and this is what you are like, this is what you are worth."

Dr Sentamu, 56, said it did not mean Britain was a racist country, and he believed the letter-writers represented a "tiny minority". The archbishop said: "It has been terrible. Some of it has been awful."

Asked if he felt angry, he said: "Yes, particularly when they had human excrement in them. I don't want to have those sorts of things, and I say, 'Why do people do this?'" But he told BBC Radio 4's Today : "In the end, when I get those letters, I actually pray for the person who's written them."

[Benbow]

1. Yes, we have some really sick people

Marvellous to recall, though, that John Sentamu was christened only a few hours after his birth (in Uganda) because he was not expected to live - and now he's the UK's first black archbishop.

[xchrom]

2. it's all so disgusting

that people feel compelled toshow their ignorance and hate like that.

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. He reminds me of another reviled bishop in the Anglican Communion

Gene Robinson has gotten pretty much the same treatment.

[madeline_con]

4. Gee, how "Christian" of them!

:evilfrown:

[Dorian Gray]

5. Wow.

To be able to pray for these people really shows the grace with which he lives.

It's disgusting what people out there do to other human beings. It's horrible. I hope that they catch the writers of these letters and expose them.