I watched the videos of the Rev. right that have flooded the interent and they are a pretty touigh pill yo swallow, but swallow it we must.
Even if we completely hate the message, there isn't any point in shooting the messenger.
I think the problem that most people are having with the Rev. words are not so much that they are vile, but that they are, in large part, true.
Race relations in this country are a long, long way from the ideal picture we want to paint.
Bigotry, mistrust and even hatred is still alive and well in the good old US of A and if you doubt that look at the results of the votes in Mississippi. Clinton got what 90% of the white vote, Obama 95% of the black votes and it had nothing to do with their politics and everything to do with their race.
If you 'polled' the whites in Mississippi as to why they voted for Clinton over Obama knowing how dirty she is, they'll tell you, quite honestly and even proudly that they'd rather vote for a dirty white politician than an intelligent, and virtually clean black man.
Yeah, race is an issue in this election, even though we all know it shouldn't be.
But, back to the Rev. much viewed pulpit rants. I saw very few young blacks in that congregation. His message of anger and yes, even hatred was listened to primarily by the older blacks, who like Obama said in his speech lived the horror of segregation. They were taught hatred and mistrust by not only their parents,but by white America as well.
The younger generation is struggling with racial issues too, but let's give the younger generation credit, the hatred and mistrust is no longer being taught by most.
Our only hope to unite this country and ease racial tensions is to allow Rev Wright his rants and try to understand exactly why he feels as he does.
All we whites really need to do is put ourselves in a black man's place, and try to imagine how we would feel if the shoe was on the other foot.
Try to imagine your fear if you were Rosa Parks on that bus, or how about that black man in Texas that was chained to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged to death down a dark country road.
Yes, these images incense us, but not to the degree that we are willing to do whatever it takes to insure that it never happens again. And that I find truly sad.
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