I disagree and I disagree with the sentiments expressed here generally. Rev. Wright can certainly be understood in his "Craziness" if that is what you want to call it, but Sen. Obama's association with this thought is Obama's responsibility.

April 11, 2007
Sen. Obama:
"I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus," Obama told ABC News, "but I would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude."


Why did not Sen. Obama "fire" his pastor at the first remark? The Second remark?
Well Rev. Wright make more than "a comment like that" about "any ethnic group" and continued to work for Sen. Obama. More than worked for him, was chosen as family. Sen. Obama I would vote for you if you ended up "having that same attitude."

To continue, Sen. Obama compared his "white" grandmother expressing fear of a black stranger to accusing the US Government of Genocide.
"but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe."

There is no comparison. Even Jesse Jackson has said (1996), "There is nothing more painful to me ... than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved."


I do not buy the argument that anger "forgives" racism. Rev. Wright's comments are equivalent to a KKK member, or some ignorant someone railing about any other ethnic group for reasons that the person railing feels justifies the comments.

From Sen. Obama's church:
We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.

What if Sen. McCain's church said:
We are a congregation which is Unashamedly White and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the European religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an European people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a White worship service and ministries which address the White Community.

The disturbing problem for me is that everything about this church screams SEPARATE. I never heard Jesus talk about Race, I do not believe that religion in general is about race.

Racism is about power. You do not need power to BE racist but you need power to impress that Racism ON others or AFFECT the target of your racism. The election we are voting in is about bestowing POWER on someone.