"Affirmative Action is Not Dead" | Bishop Wooden

Bishop Wooden weighs in on the recent Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision and you might be surprised to hear his take!
Upper Room Church of God in Christ - Raleigh, NC
Bishop Patrick L. Wooden, Sr.
UpperRoomGospel.org

[@martdavid84]

I am not a member of COGIC. I’m not even Pentecostal! But I’d have no problem whatsoever joining this church just to proudly have this man as my pastor.

[@johnniemcelveen609]

I am not a member andI visited for the 1st time June 4th and I must say this church has a great man of God who is a true and righteous right leader and this church operates in a high spirit of excellence. I hope you get to visit.

[@mozellabogan9504]

AMEN WE KOVE AND ADMIRE HIM❤

[@bloodofchristjesuscoversme1878]

If YOU LIKE him so much... Pray that God keep him, protect and prosper him to continue to bring Truth, Light, and the gospel of Christ to the poor and needy! Instead of fishing for likes...

[@kyctsmark1]

Bishop Wooden is such a blessing to listen too!

[@endtimes9763]

YES HE MOST DEFINITELY IS!!! I ALSO HAVE HEARD HIS WIFE PREACH A FEW TIMES AND SHE IS JUST AS MUCH OF A BLESSING TO LISTEN TO!!!

[@Morales705]

I love my Bishop!!! He uses the wisdom & common sense that God blessed him with.

[@shalayne9054]

Praise Jesus and God Bless America! 🎉🎉🎉

[@byhisgrace1192]

Bishop Woden is a courageous man of God. He stands firm on God’s Word and does not back down. May God raise up more people like this godly man.

[@President_Dontae]

I am so glad that SCOTUS was able to overturn Roe vs Wade because the shedding of innocent blood is bringing swift judgment to the Us & the world. As always Bishop Wooden you're always bringing balance to us spiritually and naturally!

[@jackblankenship4309]

I’m just a white mountain man and I love to hear Bishop Wooden

[@SarahR2D2]

He is a really good preacher

[@jtizzy12]

Me too

[@erinbean7185]

My daughter has 50k in student loans and she was against the debt forgiveness. God bless you Bishop. I love listening to you. You are so logical.

[@michellewallis8089]

As always thank you for your wisdom prayers for you always Bishop Wooden

[@rstarr910]

I never get tired of listening to Bishop Wooden. He is one of the real ones.💯

[@doloresjmitchell1625]

Well spoken truth as you so often do Stand on and Back up with the Word of God. Thank You Bishop Patrick L Wooden Sr. From ILL 1:17pm ct

[@williamrahming5401]

This is such an awesome man of God!

[@lightshine_creations]

Amen to that. We can still believe , share the gospel and worship freely . Thankful for that.

[@Am71919]

This brother could talk about a bag of Hot Cheetos for 3 hours straight and I would sit and listen to every word......

[@President_Dontae]

Right I feel the same way!

[@donzellbroadnax1948]

Amen 😅

[@Sportshooter-rr4iw]

You and me both!!!

[@Morales705]

I concur. He’s my Bishop… his Wisdom & insight is unmatched

[@Devin3Anthologie]

🤣🤣Not a bag of hot Cheetos! 😂

[@Morales705]

One of the Nurse at job was just complaining about having to pay student loan… she chose to send her daughter to an expensive University because it was her dream versus sending her to Community College, which would have been affordable without massive amounts of loans… I had to show her how unreasonable she was in her thinking.

[@ceceliataylor411]

Thank you for speaking truth pastor.

[@jacqulinnepoulard9843]

Take God rainbow back 🙏 ♥️

[@reginariddick4486]

Amen in Jesus Christ name 🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌💯 all the way from Portsmouth VA Yessssssss

[@janitor4jesus944]

No one can take anything from YHWH. The lgbtq rainbow has 6 colors which represents them perfectly,for 6 is the number of man and man is fallen and sinful and 666 is the number of the beast. YHWH's rainbow has always had 7 colors and 7 is YHWH's number of completion.

[@conniebrazzle3713]

When you say, the God of the Bible, it sends shiver in my whole being. Hallelujah, Glory to God, what a Mighty God we serve. ❤❤❤

[@endtimes9763]

LOOK AT JESUS!!! THE WEB DESIGNER PREVAILED!!! GOD BLESS BISHOP WOODEN A MIGHTY MAN OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST!!!

[@proudtobeaconservative5150]

YOU HAVE MORE ASIANS BECAUSE THEY ARE TAUGHT TO STUDY HARD FROM A CHILD. THEY START AS YOUNG AS 2 YEARS OLD LEARNING MATH AND SCIENCES. THE BLACK COMMUNITIES NEED TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN TO STUDY HARDER AND NOT EXPECT TO GET SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR COLOR. BOTH MY NEPHEWS WENT TO IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS FOR ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY GRADUATED TOP IN THERE CLASS. YES THEY ARE BLACK. IT STARTS AT HOME.

[@johnathonwilliams6716]

"When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination". - Thomas Sowell

[@maryevans453]

We appreciate you,President,sorry I meant Bishop🙌🙌🏾🙌🙌🏾🙌🙌🏾🙌🙌🏾🙌🙌🏾🙌🙌🏾🙌🙌🏾🙌🙌🏾🙌🙌🏾🙌

[@elijahrose2144]

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE !!! A LIE WILL FIND YOU OUT !!!!SHABBAT !!! SHABBAT !! AMEN !! TEACH BISHOP !!!

[@benkuxhouse787]

I love Bishop wooden, and I love what he says that we need to be able to have a discussion. I agree with the Supreme Court on affirmative action. Asian students score much higher than everybody else and are being discriminated against because they’re over represented. What we should be doing is asking ourselves why do they excel? Is it culturally is a genetic, is it a combination of the two, but it is something. Legacy students do score above average on the SATs. Let’s not lower standards but try to raise the performance of everyone. We don’t have to go Harvard to do well.

[@Sportshooter-rr4iw]

When they admit people who aren’t prepared for the rigor of Harvard, Princeton, etc., they often drop out. Dr. Thomas Sowell talks about this a lot.

[@benkuxhouse787]

@@Sportshooter-rr4iw I’ve seen a few things with Sowell discussing it

[@Sportshooter-rr4iw]

@@benkuxhouse787 it happened to one of my friend’s children. He went to an underperforming, inner city LA high school but did an after school enrichment program. He is very bright (his dad is one of the smartest people I know), and got accepted to 10 first-tier schools including Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard. He went to Berkeley. Had a nervous breakdown midway through freshman year. He wasn’t prepared for the rigor, or the competitiveness of prep school students. He’s doing community college, and everyone hopes he will make it back to a 4-year. Had he gone to a Cal State, he would have crushed it. His older brother went to UC Davis on a full ride that included semesters in other countries. Crushed it. Started out with a 100K job when he graduated. 10 children in the family, poverty level then. My friend earned degrees via online college and his career is really taking off. It’s never too late to be who you might have been.

[@darleneanderson109]

Affirmative action is still in place. The break-down of the percentage of students as it pertains to African Americans is unbalanced, but there are way around the rules. Yes sir! keep doing awesome work and keeping it 100%. Much love Bishop Wooden.

[@marjorjorietillman856]

I worked for the Government for almost 30 years, and the group that benefits more than anybody are White women, and then all others. For example if you have 30 employees, they MIGHT allow 2 positions open for overly qualified Blacks. After 14 years in that Dept, they basically cleared the Dept of all African Americans, and it was happening in other departments where my friends worked also. When you work in the trenches day to day, a lot really hasn’t changed! They don’t hire us, but we get all the negative blowback about affirmative action. My test score was 97, in addition to experience and education, but a White customer told me, I got my job because of Affirmative Action!

[@evangelawhitley4266]

AMEN 🙏🏼

[@angelwest7968]

Amen

[@ChildofGod98765]

Jesus Im waiting for you with open arms! I still trust in you and keep faith even when faced with hardships. I’m constantly faced with financial hardships and I’m struggling to support my children but my faith in God is still strong! I’m a single mom, my husband passed years ago. Both of my sons are autistic. My boys require a lot from me. I lost my job at Forsyth hospital for declining the vaccine. I declined because of my health conditions lupus, and heart disease. Since losing my job I’ve been struggling to support my children. I’m now waitressing and I’m grateful but I’m not making nearly enough. Mandates are still in place so I can’t go back to Forsyth hospital. I’m tired of struggling. I’m so ashamed. It hasn’t been easy. But I know all things are possible through Jesus. I will not fear. People have lied on me saying my testimony isn’t real none of these ppl EVEN know me! This is more lies from the devil trying to stop my blessings! BUT I’m keeping FAITH. No one can stop what God has for us! Faith over fear.

[@Sportshooter-rr4iw]

May God bless and keep you.

[@benkuxhouse787]

Mandates are WRONG I pray that God will provide you with what you need

[@terencewoodson409]

In this country where the church no longer preaches against sin

[@seti48]

My understanding of those loans, is that they were secured by the US government. It wouldn't cost the universities or banks a dime.

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

I know this is a bit off topic, but I think Bishop Patrick Wooden would make a good presiding Bishops of the church of God in Christ someday should the Bishop decide to run for the position. He is on my favourite preachers list.

[@proudtobeaconservative5150]

YES BISHOP PATRICK L. WOODEN WOULD BE THE A BLESSING AND GOD'S CHOICE. TO BE GOGIC PRESIDING BISHOP WE NEED HIM TO BRING BACK GOD AND HOLINESS TO COGIC🙏

[@bloodofchristjesuscoversme1878]

Why my co-worker bragging about how his veterinarian wife owe the university over a million dollars in student loans but wud never be able to pay them off? Oh look.......---->Debt forgiveness program..colleges and universities don't lose a dime. 2/3 Americans pay off the debt (our hardworking tax dollars)...this a wealth transfer deal for students who volunteered to accrued debt. The debt should be forgiven by the entity who is owed. College students should be more responsible. Prices go up when government is involved. Why not the colleges cut the cost, lower intuition? Wow! Slavery is still alive and well.

[@marcusb.1482]

@@proudtobeaconservative5150one man can do that? Lol

[@MrStevenvb12]

Can we stop calling black American African American, if you’re born here, you are American period!

[@marjorjorietillman856]

Why do you guys want to ALWAYS tell us what to call ourselves! We just started finding a name for ourselves in the 1970s, because you all didn’t consider us U.S. citizens. You have ALWAYS named us, which first was the Nword, then Colored, then Negro. So when we decided to shake off all those derogatory names and name ourselves, you all have been critical every since! After fighting to be considered just an American for so long, we stop trying. Now some of us finally feel that maybe they consider us Americans now after 400 years. We know you all want to name us again, and we know you want us to be called Black Americans, but some of us like African American also. It’s not your call anymore, just like we don’t care what you call yourselves, so leave it alone!!😂😂

[@jlg2926]

Why is affirmative action needed at this point?

[@zimmoton3698]

You must be white

[@stevecampbellchristiannetw7943]

The colleges already got paid

[@crediblej9935]

Exactly! The schools got paid by the lenders and the students owed the lenders.

[@lauriewerts3687]

Bishop..love you much. Did you know that your senators and congressmen and congresswoman revieved PPH loan forgiveness to the tune of 750 million dollars while poor college students get no forgiveness?. Please check out the list. It is shameful..the poor keep getting poorer and the rich, richer!!!!

[@shelliewarren4021]

Bishop Wooden, blessing to you, your wife and family. The UN is considering making anything against alphabet people a human rights issue. I think, this is Un's response to Africa's decision to sign a law against the movement. I would like to hear your opinion on this.

[@YhwhKhaiMostHigh]

The guy from Eharmony should have held out and be bold. He gave into the alphabet community and lost credibility.

[@rodderick1983]

The part about man not working not eating is taken out of context. That was talking about the preacher/ teacher in the church not working they shouldn't take up an offering basically. Plus if u go back to David's army camp there were some wore out yet because they're part of the body they still reaped some of the spoils. That verse is applicable on a case by case basis other than that.

[@teg5135]

I agree that the next on the block should be legacy admittance. Any benefit/ program that results in disparate impact against a race should be addressed as well. Legacy families donate a lot of money though. Pay to play, just like the political elite. Sadly, the most discrimination and racism to any race are the natives of this country. Watch a program sometime on the Lakota, Hopi, and other tribes on the rez. Look at their history and how they were treated and still being treated. Look at what the majority live in today. 😢

[@lindakirkwood62]

Political preacher 😢

[@stel8682]

Now I disagree bishop, I think they ought to forgive the debt. I love u bro, but it's easy to say they shouldn't forgive the debt when ur rich. But if u was broke u wouldn't say that my friend. Bishop ur wrong on this one.

[@cirochorne]

As a person who struggled to pay off their loans, credit score negatively effected and all, I still don't agree with loan forgiveness. I could've benefited from it but didn't want it because I don't believe other people should pay for my higher education. I do hold the HBCU responsible for saying I needed more than what I actually needed which is why I have no school pride and will never donate to them. But definitely agree with Pastor Wooden🫡

[@nancykargl4708]

Amen