Mississippi Goddamn America: Black Theology & the President

[glynda17]

I believe it is important to understand this man's message versus critiquing his sexuality and his physical image. He raises great questions, offers an insightful discussion on various issues people are raising about the President. Direct your attention to the critics who get praise for saying these things about President Obama, such as FOX, CNN, and conservative journalists (e.g., Bill O'Reilly etc.).

[biloxijoel]

How dare you use the lords name in vane you worthless spook!

How dare this brain dead fairy disparage the dignity of the US.

Go back to Africa if you dont like it! Rot in hell you ugly bongo liped, wide nostriled gorilla!

[diepiriye]

@biloxijoel

You seemed to loose something between "How dare you use the lords name in vane" and "Rot in hell you ugly bongo liped, wide nostriled gorilla!" Oh, compassion- you seem to have lost compassion and sense! Fabulous.

[glynda17]

@diepiriye This is not worth your intellect., DeiPiriye. He is clearly delusional and hypocritical. Most important, biloxijoel is a dumb racist-white supremacist. Analyze is language and realize he is worthless. Peace.

[diepiriye]

@glynda17 I too often make the mistake of believing that people want to learn and engage in dialogue. I know it's a bit naive, but I'd rather keep that than adopt the fatalistic view of those folks who do nothing but shit on others for their own pleasure. It costs me nothing, and potentially gains us all something in the end. Thanks for your encouragement and understanding.

[glynda17]

@diepiriye I guess...You are welcome...LOL

[tt247jer]

@biloxijoel this user keeps copying and pasting the same thing over and over again

[modestoca25]

another gay racist liberal black man........*shock*.....I bet he double voted for Obama

[diepiriye]

@modestoca25 You know more of us? Can you sen me some links. I am interested in engaging with other who have critical minds and genuinely want to examine their own lives, which leads us to speak out against injustice. i accept that you have a different view, and ask that we just leave it there. But you suggested that you've 'labeled' more folks like me, so I want to know who they are. I bet those folks and I would have more formidable, mutual and interesting discourse.

[moolaroo]

There's an allegiance to "white people?"....wow, take another sip of kool-aid. What rock was this guy sleeping under when Hillary Clinton was being condemned and ridiculed by the Obama Campaign for crying and being a "white women". When this moron knows the facts he should make another video.

[Tru3bad0ur]

Great video, excellent questions.

[youknowit5mil]

hi, im phil...not really. :)

[weas123321]

0:37, lol

[malikah36]

You are a very intelligent man. You inspire me.

[diepiriye]

Thanks...I appreciate the feedback.

[bjobe1964]

Hillary ranked McCain higher in terms of experience? Well, exactly what alternative would you propose? The only other choice she had, I suppose, would have been to rank Obama higher - then have to defend an indenfensible position. She would also have to rank Joe Biden superior in "experience" ... and Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Trent Lott - almost anybody. I'm sure she ranked Obama higher in subjective areas.

[mcmiraclevalley]

Shame on you......Sign yourself into a nut house:

[diepiriye]

You should sign up for some lessons in compassion- forgive yourself though, that's the first place to start.

[thriller79]

I think it is more that "white America" questions Obama saying Write is a mentor when wright obviously has alot of anger towards a country he doesn't see as "America" but "white america" this is so untrue in this year of 2008, mabey so in 1958 but not now. I for one am getting tired of this "white man this and white man that shit!" Its old, Blacks should try and find a way to heal the wounds of the past, obviously whites cannot heal this wound if we are still getting acused of discrimination.

[diepiriye]

Have you not seen all of the content on the web about Black self love? Yeah, most folks who dn;t understand that totally miss that and think that all this talk about racism boils down to white people. That's the egocentric racist part- that folks can only hear victimhood no matter what is actually being said. I, for example, talk a great deal about white people reconciling themselves with our collective past (see Time Wise on YT). But still, folk hear the victim thing maybe b/c they WANT to.

[OBparamour]

Being white, I don't identify with another white person just because they are white. Slavery in America is not part of my collective past (my relatives weren't even here). Not every white person shares this past. Likewise, not all blacks had relatives who were slaves. It is racist to believe otherwise.

[northphily05]

You got that right, Obama has to keep African Americans at a distance, while he's being accused of not relating to the working class (code for white lower middle class). If Obama enbraced African Americans as much as Hillary Clinton has been pandering to African Americans, he would not had gotten as far as he has.

[diepiriye]

Yup, and frankly as this saga with Jeremiah Wright continues, I feel that it is a huge price for him to have to pay to be called to distance himself from his spiritual mentor. It's sad that we are no more evolved n our national discussion of race. It's like we can only point out racists, but we cannot actually talk- across races- about how race colors our lives. It's very disappointing, to tell the truth.

[Vick0047]

Since America is a nation made up of many colors and religions Obama seeks to be president of the U.S. not president for the blacks. This "favortism" of which you seem to endorse is nothing more than racism as it seeks to put one race above others.

If you can't understand the distrust and suspicion that "black theology" arouses in not just whites but hispanics,asians and every

one else but blacks then you are truly naive.

[Vick0047]

Lets' say Obama does win the general. Do you belive he will actualy proprose any legislation or speak on race as it pertains to

blacks? Do you think he will have Farrakan to the white house? Do you belive for one moment he will then castigate white america for it's

past? Only if he wants to be a one term president. Obama will "embrace" the same values and culture he has all along. Expecting

Obama "to come out of the closet" after the election is pure fantasy.

[diepiriye]

We must have very different experiences with Black theology because in its nearness, and knowing the Civil Rights Movement, I see it as very liberating for all, and best expressed by King's dream. SO, that's the focus I always see as the aim, even when the immediate bickering shifts goals. An allegiance to to one's roots, for me, makes me even more comfortable to respect and truly embrace difference. it's whats enabled me to live in Asia, Africa and Europe- all very different cultures.

[macgyver377]

cultural colony!! good point!!

[diepiriye]

Yeah, like when I first went to Africa I felt like people there acted in ways that we WANT to in America, but are made to feel are unacceptable b/c it is different from the white majority. We've been colonized culturally- not a lot of room for difference and so there's no respect for diversity at all despite the pop culture talking about it all of the time & even in school. Culturally people process information so differently, so who is to claim they're right and others are wrong? Supremacists!

[kalvinphil]

We gotta get off of this black and white shit. Im with the Rev too though....he made remarks about the government and i agree with him totally.

[diepiriye]

Word. And, if you haven't heard Barak's so-called race speech, you MUST. The guy is awesome!

[kalvinphil]

yeah...I heard it...It was a great speech. I dont agree with all of his policies but he has certainly got that right.

[diepiriye]

The truth is that we do not have any language to talk about race in any meaningful way across cultures. Everybody talks abut it at home, but what happens when we get together at work & school!?! It's all about so-n-so is racist, but what abut how we all live race differently, which to me would be more interesting and would promote mutual understanding. Somebody's got to start and so I am glad that a man as intelligent as Barak has, even though this is all well overdue. "Too slow!"