Excuse me. What color are you?

    are pathetic, racist and full of nothing but hatred and bitterness.

   He's a disgrace to the pulpit.

I am sick and tired of white and black people this election cycle.  Overtly sensitive and the biggest whiners on the planet.

/The rest of the world gets it, you guys don't like each other

This diary so a complete lack of understanding

I can understand that the Rev Wright grew up in a time that still oppressed black people and racism was out in the open.

However, I am getting tired of the slavery & chains comments.  Yeah, yeah, call me a racist.  No - you misunderstand - I DO realize there is still racism in the US - hell, there is racism all over the world, and in all colors, not just towards blacks.  Same with sexism - in the US and all over the world.

I do not think that all men want to keep in the kitchen, barefoot & pregnant.  Times have moved on;  yes, there are some sexist pigs out there, but that is not the norm (at least in the company I keep).  Same with racism - it is not the norm in the company I keep

The US was almost split apart over slavery - we fought a civil war and pitted brother against brother for that cause.  Blacks, whites, men, women, children - all marched for civil rights in the 1950/1960's.  

Rev Wright is flaming the fires of division with his speech.  Obama gave a speech on race a month or so ago, I wonder if Rev Wright watched it at all.  

Seriously going on and defending Louis Farrakhan. That alone should define Rev Wright as someone from out space.  Louis Farrakhan must be one of the worst persons in america.  He is hate mister who is not only anti-white, anti-Jew, but PSYCO.

Louis Farrakhan.  Now i want to see some BO start defending Louis Farrakhan who may be the biggest racist in america.

david

It would be too soon if I never heard the words Reverend Wright ever again.

What has become of the political discourse in this country when a pastor is the primary focus of discussion?

No wonder almost half of the country elects to stay out of the political arena.

I found the phrase "he didn't make me this color" to be very odd, as well.  Put in context, he was suggesting that being "this color" was bad, or some sort of punishment.

It's quite apparent that the good reverand is enjoying all this ink.

idiot, please?

He is an idiot and there is no other word that can describe him better. If he does not realize that his comments (especially that disastrous Q&A session where he showed extreme arrogance and reiterated the 9/11 remarks and took a swipe at Zionism in the mix) are hurting Senator Obama, he does not deserve to be handed a microphone, listened to, talked to, asked questions and even breathe the air he breathes.

I am quite frankly tired of his guts and he needs to disappear. Crawl under a rock and hibernate forever.

hoping like hell that this sticks to Obama.  Personally, I was not surprised nor offended by anything the reverend has said.  My goodness, he isn't running for political office and seeing as our experience informs our views, I find nothing he said to be particularly unusual.

It is time for the Republican-controlled Media to give this Wright controversy some fairness and balance and to enquire of Hillary Clinton and her surrogates the following:

Is it true that, (1)  Hillary surrogate, Congresswoman Shiela Jackson Lee, is also a devotee of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright; that he's been preaching at her home church, where she is actively involved, annually for the past 15 years and has an open invitation to return, and, that she sat in the pews for his visits and did not bat an eye?  AND

Is it true that (2) Hillary surrogate, Rev. Marcia Dyson was not only a longtime member of Trinity United Church of Christ but also still considers Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright her pastor? That Rev. Marcia Dyson's seminary education, in part, was sponsored by Trinity UCC and encouraged by Rev. Wright? And was it  not at Trinity were she first met her husband, Rev. Dr. Michael Dyson, who's been very vocal in his defense of Rev. Wright.?

And, lastly to Hillary Clinton, that if Rev. Wright would not have been her Pastor, then why did she and Bill when going through Impeachment, turn to Rev. Wright for Prayer and Support and invite him to the White House?  These things should be asked and answered.

And, finally, why would a Republican-controlled Media give a "retired" Rev. Wright all this attention and air time, if not to try to destroy Barack Obama!? --  Their true Fear!  That is why "daily" 24/7, the Republican-controlled media and talking heads are build-up Hillary, tear/smear down Obama, while McCain courts African-Americans that Clintons have ailenated by their "kitchen sink strategy, hoping all the while that she will become the Democratic nominee, so they can unleash the  "arsenol" of weapons they have against her.  Something they have been planning for years!  

I submit, the Media is not our friend!

And, it is now time for the Parting of the Ways. I now understand why Barack thinks some people are bitter -- he has been conditioned to that by his Pastor to think that some people are bitter, although Barack was not subject himself to this bitterness!

Wow. This "diary" is offensive on so many levels, I can't believe it hasn't been deleted. I find this particularly offensive:

"And you have managed to do this while publicly spitting in the face of the US government and jeering at white people and other non-African American groups."

Let me remind you that this man, who you say has "spit" in the face of the US government, is a veteran, an ex-Marine, and that when he chose to join the Marines in the early sixties he, as a black man, was denied equal rights, was not allowed to vote in many southern states and routinely encountered overt and open racism. Despite that, he seemed to find some inherent value in the ideals of the nation, and chose to defend them. Today, he continues to struggle against the same pig headed arrogance. That he chooses to do so in a dialect you don't understand  does not mean that he is "jeering at white people", (who is the one playing 'victim' here?) although it points to the distinct posibilty that you are ignorant, classist and yes, racist.

You really skipped right over his point. But more to the point, you cannot possibly claim that the Reverend has lived a charmed life as a black man in this country, nor can you claim that as a preacher who serves the black community that he has not witnessed oppression.

Your argument is disturbingly similar to that which many racists use to justify the termination of social programs which benefit minorities. "They aren't slaves anymore, they should be happy with what they have."

I suggest you take time to consider the full implications of your line of thinking, and I hope on the other side you are able to comprehend that ultimately it is flawed, shallow, and short sighted.

Lombard, get a freaking clue. He served in the military. Are you sure he did not suffer any racist slights. Imagine what that does to a person who voluntarily serves and still gets treated like shit at times. What makes you think he lived a comfortable life? Is living in slavery or a great life the only two options for a black guy?

There are a lot of angry black folk from that generation. More anger than you get from a poseur rapper. But they have hid it for the most part. Just be happy these guys did not seek revenge against white guys of that generation the same way we want to get rid of Al Quaeda who are no worse than the white guys who either lynched , beat black people of that era or actually condoned such acts.