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My Take On The Whole Reverend Wright Thing
Barack Obama has finally completely denounced his former pastor of twenty years. The same pastor who proclaimed in his sermons that the US government created the AIDS virus to harm the African-American people. The same pastor that says the US needs to accept blame for the 9-11 attacks. The same pastor who uttered the words "God Damn America"Reverend Wright is certainly charismatic and this is evident based upon the size of his congregation. Obviously he has a message that his congregation wants to hear but this should not be confused with the message that they need to hear.
Placing blame and pointing the finger at someone else may unite a particular group but it is usually instrumental in tearing down the whole. That heinous crimes and abhorrent injustices were put upon people of African-American descent is a fact. Unfortunately this is part of our history.
Yes even today there are still incidences of race related crimes, however, nothing compared to what they used to be. Might I add that these crimes go both ways and all ways. As a people we should continue to teach our children racial equality and guard against racial intolerance. We should punish injustices of such nature in a most extreme fashion.
The fact that we have a black National Security Advisor, a black Supreme Court justice, and a black man who is the leading contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nominee should speak volumes as to exactly how far we have come. It does to me, am I the only one who sees it or does it just not count because I am white?
Irregardless of whether we are speaking about a group or an individual, that group or individual can not move forward until they leave the past behind, stop placing blame, and own their own mistakes.
Our black leaders are not there because they slipped through the cracks or because they were the beneficiaries of certain affirmative action policies. They are there because they had parents that stressed the importance of education and hard work. They went to school, studied hard and excelled. When they graduated from their respective universities they worked hard and applied what they learned.
Yet I have the sense that to some in the black community they are not to be applauded but rather slandered for succeeding at a white man's game.
I have the utmost respect for Barack Obama. I think he is honorable, intelligent and highly competent. He has always tried to avoid the race card and has only addressed it because a nation, a media and a Reverend will not stop talking about it.
The dividing line between the two races was placed there originally by our forefathers, the civil rights movement tried to erase it but it stays there in some part because African-American leaders such as Reverend Wright need to place blame on someone. Get over it.
I once believed that I could not speak to matters such as this because I could not understand, it was not my history, and it was not my pain.
I speak now however because I have come to realize that the sins of the past are just that, in the past. I speak now because I think racism in any way shape or form regardless of who is the victim is a sign of ignorance. I have sympathy for those victims of the past, I have none for anyone who uses those victims to justify their own personal failures today.
God Bless America!
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