https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/10/02/on-obamas-other-race-speech/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:46:22 -0400<![CDATA[In March 2008, as America got to know the young Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois and met the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright for the first time, Candidate Barack Obama wrote: “The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation.” The statements to which the future president referred were ones in which Rev. Wright, Obama&#8217;s pastor and mentor of 20 years, said racist and anti-American things. Clips of Wright that had hit conservative radio and blogs and, after some time, the mainstream media, had shown Wright blaming American foreign policy for the 9-11 attacks, and saying that &#8220;Racism was how this country was founded and how it&#8217;s still run.&#8221; Wright had described America as &#8220;the US of KKK&#8221; and one clip showed the future president&#8217;s mentor saying &#8220;God damn America.&#8221;]]>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:26:51 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2012/10/02/on-obamas-other-race-speech-n172849