This is an outstanding letter. Of course, the logical extension is that Black Americans must heal themselves before racial divides can be totally conquered. Does spewing hate do so? I doubt it. Certainly a more constructive method would be to work on those issues that hold blacks back – education, job training, teen and unwed pregnancy. Reverend Wright should be saving his damnation for those who adopt and advocate that blacks (or anyone else for that matter) should drop out of school, that it is ok to be an unwed mother, that working is for fools. And the reason that he should do so is because these things hurt blacks a lot more than they hurt me. Sure, I may pay some more taxes for social programs but when split among all the taxpayers in the country my share is pretty small. Its the unwed mother with a 10th grade education and no job training who really suffers – poor housing, poor health, lower life expectancy -who really suffers. It is this culture and cycle of accepting failure that is the real enemy – not some made up BS about the HIV virus.
In the end, however, Reverend Wright has every right to spew whatever he chooses. And, as voters, we have the right to question Barack Obama’s judgement in staying with and supporting this for as long as he has. Just chickens coming home to roost I guess.
