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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: michael97123 who wrote (14607)	3/20/2008 11:52:08 AM
From: zeta1961	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Thats right and I'm happy to remind the masses at SI that she is so bad for our country and Obama is the best thing the USA has seen in a prez nominee since RFK...

To: michael97123 who wrote (14607)	3/20/2008 12:16:15 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

If you want to talk about something here it is. ============================================ Obama's speech on race should make us all think CCT Staff Article Launched: 03/19/2008 11:00:22 AM PDT For a moment, set aside your electoral preference. Forget the delegate count for the Democratic nomination. Suspend your rooting for the outcome of the November campaign. Whether you are Republican, Democrat or independent, whatever your heritage, take the time to read Sen. Barack Obama's speech this week on race in America. Backed into a political corner by the troubling words of his church pastor, facing the biggest obstacle of his presidential campaign, Obama condemns the minister's "incendiary" language, then uses the moment to probe the racial wounds that still bleed in our nation. It's a gutsy speech that should make us all think, make us all a bit more tolerant and understanding, and help us all in what Obama calls the "march for a more just, more equal, more free, more caring and more prosperous America." Born to a white mother and a black father, Obama uses his racial heritage and the bully pulpit of his presidential campaign to help us reflect on the "complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through — a part of our union that we have yet to perfect." Obama doesn't attempt to justify the words of his minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Indeed, he lambasts them as "views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike." The comments, Obama goes on, "were not only wrong but divisive, divisive at a time when we need unity; racially charged at a time when we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems." But, at the same time, we can learn so much from this episode. Rather than run from the issue of race, Obama addresses it head on. Wright, he explains, comes from a generation of African-Americans who grew up facing racism and poverty. "For the men and women of Rev. 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." The anger can be counterproductive, hurting efforts to bring about change. But, as Obama explains, "the anger is real; it is powerful: and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races." There is, Obama says, a similar anger within the white community — anger at affirmative action, at crime in urban neighborhoods, at school busing. "To wish away the resentments of white Americans, to label them as misguided or even racist without recognizing they are grounded in legitimate concerns — this too widens the racial divide, and blocks the path to understanding." Progress is being made and must continue, he says. "For the African-American community, that path means embracing the burdens of our past without becoming victims of our past. . . . In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination — and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past — are real and must be addressed." Whether you support Obama's candidacy or not, take the time to read his words. It's a fresh start to an important dialog this nation must conduct — no matter who wins the election. contracostatimes.com