| Posted: 26 March 2008 at 7:51pm | IP Logged | 5
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Thanks, Al!
I agree with Michael Roberts and Kevin Hagerman - it's every patriotic citizen's duty to remain vigilant and call out, loudly, any problems we're having - otherwise, how do they get fixed?
I think this is the underlying theme of this whole debacle - and it's the theme of Obama's "More Perfect Union" speach, for sure. Ignoring problems doesn't make them go away. What's more, it's a little uncomfortable to bring this up, and I'm going to guess that some might object to this, but... I don't think it's the white man's place to tell the black man that he's done suffering. Especially when we can see examples of continued oppression still happening to this day - (not when Lincoln made a speach or when LBJ cost the Democrats the Southern Vote by signing a paper - it's still going on. See: New Orleans) - but even on the most basic level, it's just inncorrect for whites, who are born and raised in multigenerational levels of security and comfort, to tell the blacks to get over it, and move on with their lives and so on. That sort of attitude is just making the problem worse. I do not suggest that the black community needs to be put on the public teat or mollycoddled, (and neither does Obama) but ignoring the continuing ongoing plight will not make it go away.
And... to bring this really full circle - what does this have to do with Obama and his leadership abilities? I get that some people think that he's tainted by the fact that his preacher is mad about the little oppression situation, and therefore, being exposed to black people and their situation makes him... what? Incapable of leading the... what? I can't even follow that logic. But what's the real problem?
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