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| Obama and King |
| 2008-04-04 |
| By Juan Williams |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 Neither Wright nor Obama are black. Wright is even lighter skinned than the senator. Dey ain't one of the bros, so they has to jive the creds. Trust me, suckah! |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-04-04 23:12 |
| #1 'While speaking to black people, King never condescended to offer Rev. Wright-style diatribes or conspiracy theories. He did not paint black people as victims. To the contrary, he spoke about black people as American patriots who believed in the democratic ideals of the country, in nonviolence and the Judeo-Christian ethic, even as they overcame slavery, discrimination and disadvantage. King challenged white America to do the same, to live up to their ideals and create racial unity. He challenged white Christians, asking them how they could treat their fellow black Christians as anything but brothers in Christ." America, and in this case I mean white America, governments & institutions, has improved dramatically in the last 50 years. We've stepped up to Dr. King's challenge. Are we perfect? No. De jure we're getting close to being color-blind. De facto there's work left but things are very much improved. I'd like to ask whether the blacks that Dr. King was speaking of have also stepped up to his challenge? My take is that, in general they haven't. That's what the Wrights, Jacksons and Sharptons should feel guilty about. They missed the opportunity big time. Obama had the chance if he really believed to follow through on what he was saying last year. But it seems that the racial hustle combined with his socialist philosophy was more important. Too bad. I'd like to see a Watts or Steele move into the national picture and see where we go from there. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-04-04 14:32 |