‘Barack, I Didn’t Do It for This’: An Homage to Andrew Goodman
Well, 1966 and age 22 was very late to come to the civil rights movement, and ‘idolizing’ stokely and other unpleasant black ‘leaders’ does not earn you the brownie (excuse, please) points you must be looking for.
Nothing Rev. Wright said compares in outrageous lunacy to the tales of resurrection of the body, or the need to separate meat and dairy, or the horrendous stuff so many nuns and christian brothers have been teaching school children for decades, or the other claptrap people in wright’s and other religious houses sit through each week. and, when these spiritual figures stray outside their field, they so frequently go even further into nonsense. it is a rare reverend or rabbi or imam indeed who can ing to tackle issues as tough as race–MLK Jr. of course being a remarkable exception, and there have been others, but not many.
But no, people do not quit these silly pastors or teachers, their ignorant rants aside. they go to their churches or shules or madrassas mostly ’cause everyone else they know does, or because their spouses or parents insist, or for fellowship, or for a hundred other reasons that have nothing to do with the teachings of the fellow (almost always a fellow) up front.
obama no better and no worse. clinton’s ridiculous bible fellowship and mcCain’s Hagggee fascination are just somewhat less bizarre to many because they come from a more familiar side of the racial divide.
this is a tempest in a teapot. Screw Wright, and also all the ignoramuses that use his idiocy as an excuse to avoid facing the issues Obama raised and others have done before him. Race cuts deep in this society. look deep inside.
