Sunday, April 27, 2008

Jeremiah Wright

I watched Jeremiah Wright's speech to the NAACP in Detroit tonight.
What a great speaker he is. His message was that people are "different and not deficient."
And that he is "descriptive - not divisive."
Example upon example in education, music, language, and finally homiletics - that the African Americans are different and not deficient.

He was entertaining and yet right to the point. I thought it was wonderful.

Now CNN is showing reaction to the speech starting with an adjunct professor from George Washington University who is saying this is going to be bad for the Obama campaign. And she is alarmed that he is citing an old study that says that African American children learn differently from European American children. She is also saying he could have been more contrite.

At what point does this man get to defend himself (and his church) after he has been maligned for the past two months?

This makes me crazy.
Anyway, I hope everyone gets a chance to see this speech. I think it is terrific!

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