[staytrue]

I read the article and I do think there is race mongering. There has not been systemic whipping of blacks in over 100 years. I just don't see the relevance of saying "blacks relate to this movie because Jesus was whipped like the blacks were".

[elhombrelibre]

Had Jesus been starved I bet the Irish would relate it to the potato famine. That was in the 1840s. I am not sure why this point that affects some black Chrisitians should rub some the wrong way.

[sonserae]

You obviously didn't live in the South during the Civil Rights movement with the lynchings and beatings. That wasn't 100 years ago...that was in the 50s and 60s and many of those poor souls who were punished for just having a different color of skin surely would relate to Jesus' beatings more than a Beverly Hills white chick from wealthy parents.