First, you must understand the context of Rev. Wrights message. If you read carefully in my earlier threads, I along with clergymen have said that it is a tactic to stir up debate, like the one we are having, to present a radical view. Once this radical view is presented it is up to the congregation(us) to settle on to what degree the view is upheld. These things are no different than questioning your parents as a child, in order to gain a better understanding, once they have explained further. If we, as Americans, just believed anything our government told us we would be foolish, particularly in the African American communities. This is the question is for you. I hope you can answer it truthfully and with an open mind/heart. Maybe then YOUR own answer might provide some insight as to the often subdued feelings of the poor & working class african american. Here we go. Lets say that you grew up in the care of your family. You were extremely loved as a child and only knew people who "cared" for you. Now lets say, one day you learned that the family who lived across the street sold your family their home. Your home was considerably smaller than theirs. This part did not bother you. However, as you grew older and did your own research into the origins of you family, you realized that your family had spent their entire lives working for the family across the street to pay for what they believed was a lovely home. However, during your investigation you also uncovered that the price your family paid for their home was GREATER, than the price the family across the street paid for theirs. Hold up. Initially it doesn't make any sense, because your family purchased their home from the family across the street. How could the family across the street's home which is considerably larger cost less, and why knowing that would they inflate the price of the smaller home for your family? Now lets say that one day you work up enough courage to venture across the street to ask those same questions to your neighbors. When you get there, obviously those who now live there have no answers. They have spent their entire life in that home and their parents werent even alive when either family moved to the neighborhood. So, you show them the facts, you know, public records, deeds of ownership, mortgages, everything you have to support your claim. There is so much factual evidence that they have no choice but to accept your findings as true. You even show them financial records proving that the price your family eventually paid for the home prevented generations from attending college, or even starting their own businesses. Meaning that your family spent generations working for a family who took advantage of them from day 1. Now lets say, all that evidence presented made the family across the street feel bad, but they refused to pay back the difference of the price of the two homes, because they didnt cause the injustice they were just prospering because of it. Would you have a hard time believing what those people who turn their backs on justice say or do?That is the question I want you to answer either with a "yes" or a "no". Before you answer, apply my story to the present. Would it seem UNBELIEVABLE that an African American leader would directly contradict America's(government) feelings and beliefs with his own? Considering that Rev. Wright has used anti-American sentiments, anti-Jewish/ pro Farrakhan language to promote dialogue, doesnt it seem odd that these are the things that AMERICA upholds. America & Israel's policies. Moreover, it was this very dialogue that has propelled Barack Obama's views to what they have become. He grew up in a white family, surrounded by a white world. As an adult he chose to go in a different direction. He chose to hear the other side of the story. Now, he has come out of both experiences with a solid base of understanding of both sides of the racial divide. Who could be a better candidate to REALLY move this country towards CHANGE. Wether it be socially/racially, or whether it be with the foriegn policy issues that have clearly plagued us in the past 8 years. Thank you please rate! good or bad. Update!!!! Here are some new material on the subject of Rev Wright. I'm sure you have heard that Hillary said, "she would have left his church." I wonder what Bill would have done? [1] [2]