Re: Obama's speech today

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:37 PM, sam morris <bytorngmail.com> wrote:

> Who doesn't acknowledge it? I think I was the one that
pointed out calling
> black neighborhoods "the wrong side of town"
was racist.


You were also the one who said it was racist to suggest that
racism
existed...so I don't know what you think.

That's not what he said; he said we need money to fix it not
self-awareness.
>
> "In the white community, the path to a more
perfect union means
> acknowledging that what ails the African-American
community does not just
> exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of
discrimination - and
> current incidents of discrimination, while less overt
than in the past - are
> real and must be addressed. Not just with words, but
with deeds"
>

I keep looking for where he calls for money in that
paragraph....hmmm....still don't see it in there. Yes, he
said we need to
fund education.....and he's right, we do.

Or is he saying that whites are racist and should pay to
make it right?


No, he says we should get past that, and that whites should
not have to be
discriminated against because some of their ancestors may or
may not have
discriminated.


What's the message? You're racist get over it, your a victim
of racism get
> over it or your corporate America - the enabler of
racism.


You figure it out.

The message was pretty easy for me to figure out, but I'm
not a good enough
teacher to try and get the likes of you to understand.

So if his message is move past this, he can and should have
done this before
> he denied it and got caught. We need another MLK but
that is a separate job.


There was only one MLK.


> There's nothing new about that. Do you think so small
of the people around
> you?


I think little of people who think like you on this issue,
yes.

I don't see people changing because someone tells them
they're racist.
> Let's put it this way, is he talking about you or other
white folk?


He's talking about me. He's even talking about you. He's
talking about
everyone. Whether I'm a racist or not, I better realize that
racism is
real...that it exists...and that anger derived from it is
not imaginary.

I'm getting that people liking this speech think it applies
to everyone but
> them.


I'm not getting that at all. Once again, your thinking seems
seem completely
out of wack.


> Anyone here think it will help him or is it just meant
for your theory of
> the Sam's of America?


I think the Sam's of America like things just the way they
are.

-- 
Her face used to feel so soft
Until her agent's doctor pulled it off


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