Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata’s pastor, Sherman Jaquess, impersonated Ray Charles and dressed as a Native American woman.
The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another.voted Tuesday that Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata “be deemed not in friendly cooperation with the convention” — the official terminology for an expulsion.
Jaquess said in an interview that it’s “repugnant to have people think you’re a racist,” especially when he said he was paying tribute to Charles. He said the denomination reached out a few months ago about how they would send a packet “where I would have to prove I wasn’t a racist.” Jaquess said he never received anything until Friday when notice of the pending vote and his lack of cooperation arrived. He said he called but couldn’t reach anyone.
Blackface performances date back to minstrel shows of the 1800s, in which performers darkened their faces to create bigoted caricatures of Black people. Other reasons for ouster include a failure to address sexual abuse and for acting to “endorse homosexual behavior.”
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