on 'meet the press' this morning one of the topics: obama's former pastor, jerimiah wright, who scared lots of white people in recent days.
npr reporter michelle norris pointed out something interesting about those videos: "the amen chorus."
as wright spoke in the videos that we've all seen, there were a lot of amens from the audience. in other words, in this country black people still feel plenty oppressed because we still have great problems with race. we saw it especially in ohio where "lunchbox workers" said they wouldn't vote for "a black." i understand that they probably see a lot of black crime in ohio, but what is the root cause? ohioans are in need of empathy. as obama has said, we have an empathy deficit. we also could use some education.
if children got a dose of america's slavery history in school today and how it effects the present, that might go a long way toward getting past racism in this country. many white people find it difficult to believe that the past is tied to the present. they don't see that racism has been rolled along throughout history like a snowball.
anyway, michelle also pointed out that some black churches are much more spirited. black churches are also dealing with more severe economic, racial and social problems. i'd like to see a story about black churches in the new york times or another newspaper.
if one keeps an open mind about pastor wright's remarks, there is room for forgiveness.
but as far as the pastor goes, people who hate obama will use the videos to fuel their own hate. you only need to look at how clinton's campaign has tried to exploit people's fear of black people, jewish people, muslim people, at the detriment of those people. and to the detriment of the democratic party, i might add.
see the 'meet the press' video at msnbc.com
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