Reformed Hippie

Jeremiah Wright was interviewed by Der Spiegel in March of 2007. In that interview, Wright was asked the following:

SPIEGEL: Do you think he will be President in two years?

Wright: No. Unless Barak pulls off nationally what he was able to pull off locally, and wins the hearts and minds of people who have been perennially anti-black. Racism is so deeply engrained in this country that he could be flawless in terms of his policies. But he’s still a black man in this country, which has a sorry history in terms of how it sees African-American males. That’s my 65-year-old, jaded perception of where this country is. I was pleasantly surprised in the Senate election. I would like to be as pleasantly surprised in the presidential election.

Jaded it is… is is an out-dated position. A position which would have been correct if this moment in time was prior to the 60’s or perhaps 70’s. But this is 2008 and Wright needs to get with the times. Obama was elected to the Senate. We have Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas and Condoleeza Rice who have attained prominent positions. Although by blacks the aforementioned people were too white to suit them.  They complain when blacks “make it” in the world and the complain when they do not.

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