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You have a great point. But honestly, the not so distant past still does have its affects, still should be addressed and the progress that we all want to see will not happen in one or two generations-- especially since what has helped to make things the way they are today happened for MANY generations.
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I would like to first say that you have conducted yourself as a wonderful gentleman and a Christian in this discussion. I applaud you. I respect you!
I agree that it won't happen in one or two generations - Obama's words in his speech. I read through the whole thing yesterday evening. I didn't want to listen to it. I wanted to read it. Hmmmmmm....
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Move on? The people who need to move on, need to do so for themselves, as individuals. Then there second motivation should be for their family and friends. Then their country....
If they did so for "their people" this would only help foster more anger and separation-- especially when the setbacks of everyday life occur.
The "us" vs. "them" mentality will never work for a member of a minority population who's ultimate goal is success within their larger population group, i.e blacks in the United States of America.
More understanding and compassion is needed from you.
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I believe I used the wrong word "move on". I think it would be better to say "move forward" as in stop looking back and see what can be done to move forward.
The "community" would better serve itself if they stopped hanging on to the Ebonic language and intimidating each other from getting a better education.
These are some of the issues that need to be addressed. Cosby has done some of that. I applaud him.
I don't lump you in with nor every person, but as a general matter, it is a large group of people wallowing in what I can't do, what has been done to me. Instead of presenting themselves like you have on this Board, you get the group that is of the "fo shizzle" mentality. They will get no where with that. They have gotten nowhere with that.
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Neither did Wright. He expressed divine condemnation for an entire country, of which he is still a part. This intelligent man, who chose his words carefully, also realizes that he and his family will share in America's bitter cup! In fact, he already has!!!
From reading the rest of the article, the author has failed to realize that there is real, justified anger that is still shared among many black Americans. In his attempt to discredit Obama, he discredits himself by displaying his lack of understanding and his contempt for those who express their pain.
I have been told, more than once throughout all of this mess, that Jeremiah Wright has white church members and white church staff. He is not a racist. His declaration of America's condemnation is no different from another Preacher's call for America's condemnation, except for the reason.
But many Pastors have indeed declared America's condemnation.
Neo-conservatives are so, so eager to write Jeremiah Wright off as a racist. But to do so would be the equivalent of writing all his members (Obama included) as racist. This is the easy way out.
It is much more difficult to examine how a man of his education, intellect and level of accomplishment, be so bitter and raise 8,000 law abiding, non-hateful black (and white if there are white members) Christians to their feet in applause with such a provocative statement.
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I think he is able to do that as Miss Bratt stated in one of her posts with - "the community" mentality. It just makes and keeps a big divide - "my people" and "our community". If we want to be neighbors, we need to stop the wording.
Now, for Obama - His speech was brilliant, but he offered no solutions. Therefore, I look at his speech writers. I particularly focus on Theodore "Ted" Sorensen, the adviser whom John F. Kennedy once called his "intellectual blood bank," and who is lending his unabashed support -- and eloquence -- to the Obama campaign.
So, who is ahead in the race? The Candidate or the Speech Writer?
Obama has offered no solutions, just excellent words of "hope". Hope is everything in God's economy. In the political economy it means nothing.
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