tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060990.post2328993670918277509..comments2023-03-22T15:32:18.842-07:00Comments on GriotPoet: Rev. Dr. Jeremiah WrightGriotPoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06447312565622765437noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060990.post-75470809404017082412008-03-22T19:45:00.000-07:002008-03-22T19:45:00.000-07:00Reverend Wright might not have said what he had to...Reverend Wright might not have said what he had to say in the most politically correct manner, but I believe what he has said is the truth. This country has done some things it shouldn't have, and maybe that's why our economy is in the mess it's in and we continue to suffer from unusually bad weather and natural disasters like we've never seen. Just because someone says something like this doesn't mean they're anti-American. Wrong is wrong! Even the prophets in the Bible had to call out their own people and tell them they were wrong and on the verge of punishment if they didn't change their ways, and the prophets were hated for that reason. Ironically there was a prophet in the Bible named Jeremiah and he is known as the weeping prophet I think because the people he prophecied to didn't listen to his warnings and this grieved him greatly. The law of reaping and sowing applies to everyone, even the richest and most powerful country in the world. Though many Blacks are doing well, many continue to suffer and suffer greatly. We might not be hanging from trees or being burned alive but the enemy is still at work. The enemy hasn't gone nowhere, and a person is a fool or ignorant to think otherwise. From my perspective, I don't see what the reverend says as "racist". I can understand why some people might be upset, but I understand where he's coming from. And lastly, I don't think Obama should be punished for what his pastor said. I figured I'd be very old or dead before anyone Black would accomplish what he has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060990.post-87842816958188688232008-03-15T05:05:00.000-07:002008-03-15T05:05:00.000-07:00Anonymous: no one is debating the contributions of...Anonymous: no one is debating the contributions of Affirmative Action, equal opportunity or ACLU legislation that HELPED civil rights. I merely explained the history of the origins of such comments as it pertained to the black church and Mr. Obama's church in particular. I particularly made it a point to not paint all black churches or black Christians with a broad brush. After 400 years of slavery, 100+ years of Jim Crow and bias in educational opportunities K - 12, college, job placement and advancement, Sean Bell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Bell) and Amadu Diallo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou_Diallo) being gunned down by the police (coming from a bachelor's party before his wedding and while surrendering respectively), SOMETHING about the subject matter at black churches is GOING to be different. What is embarrassing is this is probably the first time in the 20th or 21st century that white/European Americans are shocked at what might be said in black/African American churches. What is patently embarrassing is that after the Pentagon publishes a report: after researching 600,000 PLUS documents that Saddam Hussein had NO ties to Al Qaeda and 9/11 that this attack is the major story. 12 BILLION of yours and my tax dollars a MONTH are allocated to this fiasco (the title of a book on the same subject). What is embarrassing, sir or madam is the timing and the subject you've chosen to comment on this blog. You've had over 70 opportunities to make any statements that you'd like and you missed them: that, sir or madam you should be embarrassed at. The 21st century is just a date on the calendar. The threat of a black man possibly becoming president has brought the worst out of both major parties. THAT sir or madam is embarrassing. Congrats: I post your original comments for my readers to see. I'm sure you'll spark a discussion and get some other perspectives that you've not considered. Lastly, sir or madam, Griot Poet is a stage name I use quite often. Most people know of and know me. "Anonymous" is probably not your family name, but the requisite for a bully and the sure mark of a coward.GriotPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06447312565622765437noreply@blogger.com