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In Focus: Obama Would Leave Church If Wright Didn’t Retire

March 28, 2008 - 11:31 am - by Michael Weiss
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2008-03-29 10:44:07

I cannot believe some people are so upset about Pastor Jeremiah Wright comments about racism in America. When he was just exposing his own pain and anger about how people of color have been treated for CENTURIES IN AMERICA!!! If that short twenty second clip has people feeling so uncomfortable. Take a minute to meditate on how the majority of people of color, especially AFRICAN-AMERICANS feel when we experience discrimination and prejudicy on our jobs, while shopping, while driving, while simply living. Every time we turn on the news we see one of our own getting beat and killed by the police department and treated unfairly in the judicial system. EVERY SINGLE DAY WE EXPERIENCE HARSHNESS, RUDENESS, GLARING LOOKS AND SARCASM FROM THE MOUTHS OF WHITE PEOPLE – WHICH MAKES US UNCOMFORTABLE EVERY MINUTE OF OUR LIVES. Have you forgot about the slave trade, the middle passage, Jim Crow and Overt and Subtle racist behavior still present in 2008. African -American have a justified right to be terrified living in this society considering how we were brought here. So if twenty-seconds have you feeling scared, just think about how we feel when hate crimes and comments have been inflicted upon against us for HUNDREDS OF YEARS!!!–GET A CLUE!!!