FMP Mark Wells on Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama: What Politicians Do

Was Jeremiah Wright right about Barack Obama or was he simply a thorn in the side of the then candidate and now President Obama?

This episode of For My People originally aired on June 27, 2009 on WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit, Michigan

For My People is a production of Project BAIT (Black Awareness in Television) and is the longest-running program dedicated to the news and public affairs information needs of African-Americans in Detroit, Michigan.

The show airs Saturday mornings at 6.30AM on Detroit's WKBD Channel 50 and has been braodcast since 1970.

The show is co-produced by Detroit area veteran David Rambeau. Rambeau is an organizer and agitator for the
establishment of the Black Theater Program and the Center for Black Studies at Wayne State University and the
Black Theater Program at the University of Michigan. Producer of the Gatherings at the African-American
Literature Special Collection, Wayne State University, Chair/Organizer of the Detroit International Black Theater Conference & Festival. Rambeau is also a teacher of Black Studies at the collegiate level at Wayne County Community College, University of Detroit and Monteith College, Wayne State University. Currently television production mentor of interns for Project BAIT. Director of BAIT Writers Workshop. One-time media consultant for Nsoroma Institute, a charter school, at one time a math teacher in the Detroit Public School System.

Ron Scott is a co-producer and frequently interviews community personalities. He is a co-founding member of the Detroit Chapter of the Black Panther Party, and a long-time community activist. He serves as a spokesperson for
the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, an organization that has been at the forefront of fighting
police abuse and misconduct.

Mark Wells, anthropologist, organizer and social activist, is a frequent contributor offering political analysis and perspectives of the African Diaspora, particularly Brazil.

More information about For My People and Project BAIT can be found at http://projectbait.blakgold.net. For a
comparative analysis of African-Americans and Afro-Brazilians, visit www.afrobrasilamerica.com or
http://www.youtube.com/MrMarques72

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[figebornu]

All U.S. presidents work for the system of white supremacy. The only difference with Obama is that symbolically he offers a bit of self-esteem lift for Black people. But of course this will not be enough to liberate us.

[ProjectBaitDET]

Thank you for your comment! In actuality that is what I am saying. Are black people willing to support a president simply he looks like them even though his politics may be detrimental to their survival? Soon I will be uploading a new piece on this as it relates to the Tavis Smiley-Al Sharpton rift.

[AfricansAgainstObama]

Spot on.