[Dems2008] Re: Jeremiah Wright is as bad as Ferraro?

I have some problems with much that Wright said; on the other hand, I'm
not black or poor. My ancestors did not suffer 240 years of slavery, or
100 years of Jim Crow and lynching, and my race does not have skyhigh
unemployment among our males (esp. youth), a much higher high school
dropout rate, and a bias against me going into almost any job
interview with a white employer.

Nor was I young and black (as Wright was) when guard dogs and water
hoses were being turned on persons of my skin color right there on
nationwide television.

Nor did I (at exactly the time I was going to college) see students
needing National Guard protection to enter their high schools or U.S.
Marshals' protection to enter their state colleges.

Nor have I known what it is to be African American and hear absurd
statements from Ferrarro that were intended solely to sway white voters
who already are probably predisposed against me.

So while I don't share Wright's views on race relations or September 11,
I can understand his anger, and the anger of an inner-city congregation
that is predominantly black.

Net of the matter is that I think me as a white guy who has had all the
good breaks really lacks standing to say how I might feel if I were that
unemployed inner-city black for whom much of Wright's "sermons" were
spoken.

--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, nancy m gibson <nmgibson@...> wrote:
>
> Personally I think Wright is far worse than Ferraro. What
> she said was stupid, but not racist. Wright is a very hateful
> human who preaches hatred towards the white race and Israel.
> If Obama does not, as he claims, have those same views why
> has he spent the last 20 years in that church. This has
> bothered me from the start, after all we are talking about
> the person who will be president of all the people. Not to
> say he would be any worse than many of the racist
> presidents we have had in the past, in fact probably
> better than most of them but in this day and age surely
> we can do better. Hillary is my choice.
> Nan
>
> COULD A GREATER MIRACLE TAKE PLACE, THAN FOR US
> TO LOOK THROUGH EACH OTHERS EYES, FOR AN INSTANT.
> Henry David Thoreau
> I think it's quite telling when the woman says "I don't think that's
> radical. I think thats being black in Americs." Look, I can understand
> the Rev's points. I can understand why he says the things he does.
BUT,
> Obama is running for President of the United States. He can
> characterize this man as a like a silly old uncle or whatever. The
> bigger issue he MUST address before it hurts him bad is that race
> matters. He needs to convince non African Americans that he will be
> first and formost EVERYONE's president, and not primarily a vehicle of
> social change.
>

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