*Pastor John Amanchukwu, a North Carolina-based author and former football player, sees signs of a spiritual and cultural awakening in the Black community.
In an interview with The Christian Post, he pointed to declining interest in what he calls the “debauchery” of Black pop culture, particularly on networks like BET. “They’ve done a terrible job in depicting the black community in the right way,” he said of BET.
“They’ve made black entertainment debauchery, lasciviousness, scantily-clad women, rump-shaking, violence, crime and a brothel culture,” Amanchukwu added.
BET’s recent suspension of its Hip Hop Awards and Soul Train Awards, alongside a nearly 50% viewership drop for the 2025 BET Awards among the 18-49 demographic, signals to Amanchukwu that many are rejecting this content. “It’s not edifying, it’s not unifying, it doesn’t build you up; it solely tears down,” he said.
He views this shift as a hopeful sign, stating, “And so to see that, for some reason or another, they cancel the BET Hip Hop Awards and the Soul Train Awards, that tells me, although many people are angered by it in the black community, it shows that revival may be coming to the black community.”
Amanchukwu, known for his work with BLEXIT and criticism of issues like abortion and critical race theory, argues that the Democratic Party has alienated Black voters, particularly men, by pushing ideologies like LGBTQIA+ normalization at a “blazing pace” since the Obama era.
“And so that is a good sign, in my opinion, for black America — that even blacks have ‘black fatigue’ now, I guess. And they don’t want to see the junk and the pro-transgenderism message and the pro-critical race theory and pro-DEI message, they’re just tapped out,” he said.
To foster renewal, Amanchukwu emphasizes the importance of returning to biblical principles. “The Bible tells us in Proverbs that righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach towards any people,” he said.
He advocates strengthening the nuclear family, countering the impact of welfare policies that he claims “removed the man from the house” in Black families. “Welfare took over as the new daddy, and out went the biological father,” he said.
Education reform, particularly school choice, is another priority. “One of the greatest ways to remove a person from the damage of poverty is through education,” he said.
