WTF is wrong with Rev. Wright?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
Wouldn't you be upset if someone disliked you because of your race?

JM

No.

[Jon Miller]

And blacks shouldn't be upset if whites dislike them because of their race?

This is akin to saying racism is fine...

JM

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
You just made whoever came up with "there are no stupid questions" very sad.

[Alexander I]

Well, Obama is half-black, half-white.

He attended a church that teaches militant black liberation theology for 20 years.

Guess it's high time he spend the next 20 years at a militant white supremacist church to balance things out.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
And blacks shouldn't be upset if whites dislike them because of their race?

This is akin to saying racism is fine...

JM

Are whites being denied jobs by Black people? Are whites forced to suffer discrimination from Black people? Are whites sitting in crappy schools while Black students have excellent schools? Do Black cops harass white people going about their daily business, and randomly stop them and search them or arrest them cuz they kinda match the description of a suspect?

Not being like on account of race isn't what upsets Black people. Being oppressed on account of race is.

[Jon Miller]

I can understand why some black people might hate white people... especially in the past.

That doens't mean that it doesn't upset me.

JM

[Kuciwalker]

Are whites sitting in crappy schools while Black students have excellent schools?

Yes.

[Jon Miller]

Che, whites are not inherently opressors. Given the chance, peoples of other races (including blacks) will oppress just at readily.

The source of the issues is the dislike/distrust of people who are different in unimportant ways (for example, skin color).

JM

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
Che, whites are not inherently opressors. Given the chance, peoples of other races (including blacks) will oppress just at readily.

The source of the issues is the dislike/distrust of people who are different in unimportant ways (for example, skin color).

JM

This issue isn't what people might do if they have the chance, but what people have done and are doing. The source of the issue is the need to divide people in order to control them. Like or dislike is a result, not a cause.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I can understand why some black people might hate white people... especially in the past.

That doens't mean that it doesn't upset me.

JM

You know JM, Reverend Wright is not a hatefull person. In fact if you would have seen the Bill Moyer interview you would know that he's very warm towards white people. I think if you had lunch with him or something like that you would understand him better.

[Jon Miller]

When did I ever say that Reverend Wright hated white people?

JM

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
When did I ever say that Reverend Wright hated white people?

JM

I assumed that when you said that what he said upset you.

edit: oops, my bad. sorry. You never said that.

[MrFun]

Wright may not hate white people, but I can understand how some white people might draw that conclusion anyway.

I think Wright should seek pyshiatric treatment.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by MrFun
Wright may not hate white people, but I can understand how some white people might draw that conclusion anyway.

The media?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MrFun
I think Wright should seek pyshiatric treatment.

I think you should stick your head back where the sun don't shine.