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Posted By: Action Point Radio Posted on: Mar. 29, 2008 at 10:31 AM  102 Comments
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 11:20:13 AM
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| You are right that the media is not giving this area enough coverage, except it is not the mass media's job (which I am thinking is what you refer to) to report cultural attitudes. That education is more in the purview of shows and coverage from the likes of NPR --which you may know is under constant budget-cutting attacks for being so-called liberal-- which given it's board being controlled by conservative advisers 6 to 4-- suggests WHY this is a topic that has and will NOT be discussed. Why? Because it is in the conservative race-baiting strategy to allow the uneasy fear of whites to remain unanswered: "What is an angry black man and why am I scared?" So, please, let us talk about it now every day! Let us talk about black anger-- what is it, real or imagined? A control tool used to marginalize just one minority, or ALL minorities (think so-called "illegal' aliens)? And here's one I'd like to see answered: Angry white men- why do they hate and ruin our country and how can they be stopped?! No Patricia, if you listen to the full audio context of even the two videos posted at the link I provide, you can hear for yourself that Wrights comments, in context, are reasoned and thoughtful and frankly, completely supportable. |
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 12:08:03 PM
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[This is a reply to comment by Patricia L Johnson on Mar. 29, 2008 at 11:05:24 AM]
Patricia L Johnson
Mar. 29, 2008 at 11:05:24 AM Enough time has not been given to this subject by the media. Obama is an 'angry black man' - he couldn't possibly be anything else having listened to the teachings of Rev. Wright for the length of time he has attended his... View this Comment Patricia, that is an unsupportable statement. I've known angry black men, and he's not one of them. Except for the flippant statement that his grandmother was a typical white person, there is nothing in his speeches or books that even vaguely hints of a Black Power candidate. Have you ever made an absent minded generalization about black people Patricia? Have you ever told a Jewish or Polish joke? Then I think we shouldn't make mountains of the Obama grandma molehill. BTW, I was exposed to a fairly strict religious indoctrination and pro-Israel upbringing in my youth through my temple and in Sunday school, perpetuated to this day by my parents. Yet somehow I wound up to be an atheist proponent of a Palestinian homeland, married to a Chinese Malaysian of Buddhist background. Come to think of it, I don't think I ever dated a Jewish girl (too high maintenance). I believe you give too much credit to Rev. Wright in shaping the man that Barrack Obama is today. |
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 12:21:18 PM
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[This is a reply to comment by Action Point Radio on Mar. 29, 2008 at 11:20:13 AM]
Action Point Radio
Mar. 29, 2008 at 11:20:13 AM You are right that the media is not giving this area enough coverage, except it is not the mass media's job (which I am thinking is what you refer to) to report cultural attitudes. That education is more in the purview of shows and coverage... View this Comment What am I missing here? Are we not talking about an issue that will impact every person in this country if Obama becomes President? It certainly cannot be cast aside and considered a 'cultural attitude' as you suggest. An "angry black man" in my mind is someone who has been brainwashed into believing they have been screwed blue by the white population since the beginning of time and their main goal in life is to right the wrongs that were committed. Slavery is/was wrong - but we no longer have slaves in this country and what was done in the past must stay in the past. Just like there is no way to change the fact there was a civil war in this country, there is no way to change the fact that, at one time, there was slavery in this country. What's wrong now is reverse discrimination - look at the votes in some of the southern states. The black vote was overwhelmingly cast for Obama - because he is the best candidate? The voters probably didn't know or care, what they did know is that he is black and their vote was cast accordingly. If it was strictly due to his charm and charisma, then the vote percentages would be fairly even around the country, but that's not how the votes came in and that's not why he won their vote. He won it quite simply because he is black. The other advantage Obama has is the organanization of the black community. There are far more Hispanics in this country than blacks, yet the black community is far more organized. P. |
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 12:54:17 PM
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[This is a reply to comment by Patricia L Johnson on Mar. 29, 2008 at 11:05:24 AM]
Patricia L Johnson
Mar. 29, 2008 at 11:05:24 AM Enough time has not been given to this subject by the media. Obama is an 'angry black man' - he couldn't possibly be anything else having listened to the teachings of Rev. Wright for the length of time he has attended his... View this Comment Patricia. Go to the Trinity Church website. Browse thru it. Watch the You Tube video of The President of the United Church of Christ to Dr. Wright. Pay particular attention to the part about how the Wisconsin congregation uses Swiss/German history in their services, and the congregation in Boston uses Paul Revere's silver in their services. [link:www.tucc.org] Then take a moment to read this: [link:www.ucc.org] Here is a snippet. One is tempted to ask whether these commentators ever listen to the overcharged rhetoric of their own opinion shows. Even more to the point is to wonder whether they have a working knowledge of the history of preaching in the United States from the unrelentingly grim language of New England election day sermons to the fiery rhetoric of the Black church prophetic tradition. Maybe they prefer the false prophets with their happy homilies in Jeremiah who say to the people: "You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place." To which God responds, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name; I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. . . . By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed," (Jeremiah 14.14-15). The Biblical Jeremiah was coarse and provocative. Faithfulness, not respectability was the order of the day then. And now? Many of us would prefer to avoid the stark and startling language Pastor Wright used in these clips. But what was his real crime? He is condemned for using a mild "obscenity" in reference to the United States. This week we mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, a war conceived in deception and prosecuted in foolish arrogance. Nearly four thousand cherished Americans have been killed, countless more wounded, and tens of thousands of Iraqis slaughtered. Where is the real obscenity here? True patriotism requires a degree of self-criticism, even self-judgment that may not always be easy or genteel. Pastor Wright's judgment may be starker and more sweeping than many of us are prepared to accept. But is the soul of our nation served any better by the polite prayers and gentle admonitions that have gone without a real hearing for these five years while the dying and destruction continues? Why do the Whites folks get so frightened by the Black folks who pray by jumping, clapping and signing, rather than the traditional white folk method of praying-- staring at their groins? Is the traditional garb of Africa more threatening to people than the Lutheran church traditional potlucks that serve lutefisk, lefse, etc? Why is one seen as divisive and the other as a celebration of heritage? Reverend Wright was over the top? Yes, is some ways. But his message, that our policies have brought hatred to the United States is something that is said on both Right and Left talk radio and TV every day. Reverend Wright brought many disaffected youth to his CHRISTIAN church. Many of those kids were being wooed by the Muslim community. Finally, if you do read the first link I supplied you will find this from Dr. Wrights talking points: • To have a church whose theological perspective starts from the vantage point of Black liberation theology being its center, is not to say that African or African American people are superior to any one else. • African-centered thought, unlike Eurocentrism, does not assume superiority and look at everyone else as being inferior. • There is more than one center from which to view the world. In the words of Dr. Janice Hale, “Difference does not mean deficience.” It is from this vantage point that Black liberation theology speaks. |
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 01:10:10 PM
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[This is a reply to comment by indie616 on Mar. 29, 2008 at 12:54:17 PM]
indie616
Mar. 29, 2008 at 12:54:17 PM Patricia. Go to the Trinity Church website. Browse thru it. Watch the You Tube video of The President of the United Church of Christ to Dr. Wright. Pay particular attention to the part about how the Wisconsin congregation uses Swiss/German history... View this Comment Indie, go to whitehouse.gov and read some of president Bush's initiatives and speeches on a variety of issues. I think you will find it fascinating. It must all be true if it's on the president's web site. |
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 01:11:50 PM
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| Obama is a political hack and you guys shall see soon enough that he will disappoint you.
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 01:14:48 PM
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[This is a reply to comment by www.MoronInCharge.com on Mar. 29, 2008 at 12:08:03 PM]
www.MoronInCharge.com
Mar. 29, 2008 at 12:08:03 PM Patricia, that is an unsupportable statement. I've known angry black men, and he's not one of them. Except for the flippant statement that his grandmother was a typical white person, there is nothing in his speeches or books that... View this Comment Throwing your parents under the bus and degrading them as abusive, unsophisticated, unenlightened bigots and religious nuts? That's big of you. Who do you think you are Barack Obama? |
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 01:24:25 PM
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| To: MIC The people in the US had many months of brainwashing by the Bush administration before we went to war with Iraq - by that time there were only a handful of people in this country that doubted Iraq had WMJ's. Barack Obama has had 20 years of brainwashing on the subject of Black Power, since it's been taught since 1981 in Trinity United Church - do you really think if he wants to be POTUS that his books or speeches are going to contain controversial statements? He is selling himself to the American public, when you sell yourself you show your good side - not all sides. His church is his life MIC - take a look at his website - the first two action items involve his church - and the following is right off the site.
I was as mezmerized as everyone else after hearing him speak at the convention - I have since changed my mind and part of that change is due to reading the following http://www.tucc.org/black_value_system.html P. |
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Mar. 29, 2008 at 01:27:45 PM
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| To: indie616 Could have fooled me since I cannot seem to find the words white, brown or yellow anywhere on this page. http://www.tucc.org/black_value_system.html P. |
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Enough time has not been given to this subject by the media. Obama is an 'angry black man' - he couldn't possibly be anything else having listened to the teachings of Rev. Wright for the length of time he has attended his church. Any church that teaches a value system that appears to favor one race over another is just plain wrong.
Has anyone in the media bothered to bring to light the Black Value System that has been taught since 1981 in his church?
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