Jeremiah Wright - God Damn America

Jeremiah Alvesta Wright, Jr. (born September 22, 1941) is Pastor Emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a megachurch in Chicago exceeding 6,000 members. In early 2008, Wright retired after 36 years as the Senior Pastor of his congregation and no longer has daily responsibilities at the church. http://www.weboose.com

Following retirement, Wright's beliefs and preaching were scrutinized when segments from his sermons were publicized in connection with the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, including his contention that the Attacks of September 11, 2001 were proof that "America's chickens are coming home to roost" and "...not God Bless America. God damn America."[4] Obama reacted to the Wright controversy in a speech entitled "A More Perfect Union."[5]

Wright subsequently defended himself in a speech before the NAACP on April 27, 2008, in which he indicated that he was not "divisive" but "descriptive," and that the black church experience, like black culture, was "different" but not "deficient".After the election, Wright was again the center of controversy when he suggested "them Jews" were keeping him from reaching President Obama.

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[lester5192]

current events? this is the generation/culture of black wannabes and token blacks. that's why every commercial and tv show has a token black. what evidence do you have that white people stole this nation? if you wanna talk evidence. or do you just believe everything you read or are told in school?

i know you will look the other way on most of this. and you're white relatives. are they white guilt conditioned? do they use meth? seriously. cuz if they are jerry springer types, well then...

[Ryooken]

This is not about perspective or experience as such. This is about your lack of evidence supporting your statements. What you say is untrue because it doesn't match the history or current events. My opinion would indeed change because I would have a different set of values I was raised by or the lack therein. By the way you do know a third of my family is white right? Guess not. It doesn't change the fact that white people stole this nation and stole Africans to promote racism.

[Ryooken]

Nope sorry wrong again. I am talking about the period of history from 1412-2013. I am talking about mid-evil history, Renaissance History, Early American History, and Recent American history. Ancient history is covered 2000 years ago and beyond. I am using what is call understanding through progression of events. Which maps what happened and the overall outcome. You want to call it ancient history because you want to ignore the facts because you have nothing to support you.

[lester5192]

maybe untrue from your experience. i do pay attention.

i wonder how quick your opinion would change on black people if you suddenly woke up one day and were white.

i wonder that for all races though.

[lester5192]

the present situation? yet you keep talking about the past, ancient history if you will. how can you hope for progress if you don't consider the future?

just something to think about.

[Ryooken]

I am not going to project where black people will be in 20 years, I am more interested in dealing with the present situation created by a long history of oppression, abuse, economic retardation for profit, and the violations of the constitution.

[Ryooken]

Again you make statements that are complete untrue. Stop and frisk protects black people right? There have been marches but you don't pay attention to them. Lester all of this is just more of your BS supposition. If you want to talk about reality then you must use proofs to make your statements valid. As it stands you haven't done that.

[lester5192]

i wonder where you see the black community in 10 years, 20 years, 50 years.

stuck in the same rut?

who's fault is it then if you claim every problem blacks have is whites fault. who's fault will it be 50 more years from now if nothing changes? i notice you ignore the tough questions. like how many blacks do you see that are proud to be gangsta/thug, even they they understand the social dogma of it.

[lester5192]

the law protect black people the most. if they don't then, then there will marches,etc. whites are on eggshells about not looking racist. all a black person has to do is accuse of cop racial discrimination and he's free. cops won't even approach blacks unless they really have to, especially gangsta blacks. you're talking about stuff that doesn't exist anymore.blacks even admit, why get a minimum wage jog when they could sell drugs and make a months pay in a day.black males like being thug. admit

[Ryooken]

How did we get onto crime statistics? We were specifically discussing laws created by white people to control black people. If you don't know then you must admit that you haven't studied history or the law. Bringing up black incarceration is a distraction, we can talk about racial profiling later.