Gregor_Samsa:

I didn't say a majority of blacks find Wright insulting. I said they should. That's of course a massive compliment to a majority of blacks. By recognizing their capacity to be stupidly parochial like everyone else (Jews, Palestinians, Irish, Chinese, Southern Baptists and Cambridge educated folks), I acknowlege their humanity. Some of their mentors don't.

You're probably right about the Jesus thing. Had he lived today, he would've preached against the government's secret AIDS experiment or 9/11 conspiracy, while tending the soup kitchens and foster homes. I mean things like structural poverty or erosion of constitutional checks-and-balances don't exactly make for stirring moral narrative, do they?

Your first paragraph is just a good illustration of where you're wrong. "Stupidly parochial" is the antithesis of what Wright stands for and preaches.

Your second paragraph is condescending to Wright's work and completely mischaracterizes his actual teaching. I know it's a bit of effort to actually find out the truth, but I'm a bit disappointed that you would pontificate without doing that.

I'm more disappointed in Obama, though.