A white Oklahoma Baptist preacher is on the defensive after pictures of him sporting blackface and in Native American make-up at a church occasion from 2017 have resurfaced.
Sherman Jaquess, the pastor of the Matoaka Baptist Church within the city of Ochelata, posted the images himself on February 10, 2017.
On Wednesday, the pictures got here again into the general public eye when somebody found them and re-posted them, naming Jaquess and his parish.
Jaquess is sporting extraordinarily darkish black make-up with purple lipstick and an afro wig, in addition to darkish sun shades. The preacher is sitting at a keyboard enjoying in a beige swimsuit with a purple shirt.
The preacher, who information and posts all of his sermons on Fb, defended himself this previous week saying he was doing it for a youth evening within the parish.
Sherman Jaquess, a white Oklahoma Baptist preacher is on the defensive after pictures of him sporting blackface and in Native American make-up at a church occasion from 2017 have resurfaced
‘I simply need to publicly say I haven’t got a racial bone in my physique. I am not racist in any respect,’ he mentioned. ‘There wasn’t something racial about it.’
‘I used to be singing Ray Charles, Seven Spanish Angels and I mentioned, ‘I like Ray Charles music,’ Jaquess added. ‘How will you painting Ray Charles if you happen to’re not a black man?’
Additional pictures have surfaced exhibiting Jaquess – in drag – in Native American outfits and make-up as effectively.
Regardless of his personal aptitude for costumes, Jaquess is a conservative and has spoken out towards drag performances lately, based on Fox 23.
Rural Oklahoma Delight is among the many organizations to talk out towards Jaquess’ blackface.
‘We at Rural Oklahoma Delight have considered the pictures within the incident of what occurred on the Matoaka Baptist Church and are unable to understand the extent of struggling and anger that Pastor Sherman Jaquess has brought on the individuals of Bartlesville, Oklahoma,’ they mentioned in an announcement.
‘We imagine that this pastor must be directing and main acceptable, respectful, and acceptable actions for his congregation to partake in, not actions which can be discriminatory. Now we have seen racism and intolerance towards individuals of various ethnic backgrounds.’
‘That is past considering that is acceptable. Additional, the ‘preacher’ is ‘preaching’ towards drag,’ the Oklahomans for Equality in Bartlesville added.
Jaquess, the pastor of the Matoaka Baptist Church within the city of Ochelata, posted the images himself on February 10, 2017
Jaquess is sporting extraordinarily darkish black make-up with purple lipstick and an afro wig, in addition to darkish sun shades. The preacher is sitting at a keyboard enjoying in a beige swimsuit with a purple shirt
In one other photograph, he’s seen sporting Native American make-up and ladies’s garb. Jaquess has argued he isn’t doing a drag efficiency
Jaquess makes an attempt to defend himself within the video.
‘One evening we had cowboys and Indian evening. I had a full Indian trying costume on. I had a wig braided. That wasn’t a drag queen efficiency that was a theme evening at falls creek and I used to be absolutely clothed and I did nothing sexual or lewd. That was a theme evening at Falls Creek,’ he mentioned.
Satirically, Matoaka is known as after the ‘personal title’ of the well-known Native American Pocahontas.
Jaquess has but to additional touch upon the controversy.
