"For the men and women of Reverend Wright's generation, the memories of humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away; nor has the anger and the bitterness of those years. That anger … occasionally … finds voice in the church on Sunday morning, in the pulpit and in the pews."
This part of Obama's speech really bothered me because, by attending the church, he implicitly supported Wright's hateful message.
Black people of Wright's generation undoubtedly suffered the fear and humuliation Obama describes. But that is no reason, in this day and age, to continue to express it in a racist and intolerant manner. Not only is it morally wrong, it is self-defeating. Proof: Just look where it has taken Obama's campaign, into a debilitating circus of spin and justification which is falling on many deaf ears.
It is much like adults blaming their parents for their failings, making sure that their children hate their grandparents.
Really stupid, really lame.
I would have been very happy to have seen Obama reject, without qualification, what Wright stands for and call for blacks to not dwell in the past but to look to the future. I didn't see such a strong, unqualified rejection. I saw more mollycoddling, more spin. |
