Paul
2008-03-25 09:43:03
Thanks for the thoughtful and personal article. I certainly agree about the importance of judging people by their own actions rather than those of previous generations and the harm that we can do to ourselves by not being prepared to forgive .
I do think that Obama’s speech did contain a significant element of that same message though:
“The profound mistake of Reverend Wright’s sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It’s that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made”
“But what we know — what we have seen – is that America can change. That is the true genius of this nation.”
That sounds to me like he’s saying that staying stuck in resentment about historical injustices isn’t a good idea.
Paul
