This morning Obama made a speech about race relations in the U.S., which was use [to me] to fire back attacks of his relationship with his controversial pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Wright’s racial comments had expanded on all sorts of news channels, in effect could down play Obama’s efforts in running his presidential race.
Here are some quotes from Pastor Wright:
“We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye.”
“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” (Sep 2001)
“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people. God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.” (2003)
“In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just ‘disappeared’ as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.” (magazine article)
“Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!…We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.” (sermon)
“Barack knows what it means living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people. Hillary would never know that. Hillary ain’t never been called a nigger. Hillary has never had a people defined as a non-person.”
“Hillary is married to Bill, and Bill has been good to us. No he ain’t! Bill did us, just like he did Monica Lewinsky. He was riding dirty.” (sermon)
“The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now. Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism.”
However, is it really that crucial? True, I never been to a church/heard a church talk about other races like Wright has. Because, uh, you know, church is about unity not segregation.
At least that was the last time I checked.
Furthermore, there are too many contradictions to suggest that Obama would even consider his pastor’s actions correct. I mean, dude has a white mother and white family members. If, there was any suggestions that he believes that whites put him down or did him dirty in any way would not making any sense in his current position. Also, he’s about change, and many of his speeches concern that everybody should be unified to make a strong/positive goal. Believing that he follows his pastor’s racial sermons would not make any sense at all.
His speech this morning was pretty on point. He made alot of feedback without looking like an ass on T.V. which is a pretty unique and powerful talent.
I wish taught Bush a lil’ somethin’, somethin’.
[CNN News]: Obama urges Americans to help heal racial divide
