Re: [A-List] However, I think Rev. Wright missed an opportunity to advance unity

[Leighm <the.buffalo.in.the.midst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Travus wants the Reverend for President.

[April 28 2008] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: âIt Ainât What 
You Say, Itâs The Way How You Say Itâ - The Reverend Wright Delivers A 
Sermon To America, But Is America Listening?

Here: http://leighm.net/wp/2008/04/28/tth_080428/

...or here: http://www.archive.org/details/tth_080428


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Charles Brown wrote:
> On the other hand, I must say that I think Rev. Wright missed an
> historic opportunity in his speeches to the NAACP here in Detroit last
> night, and evidently at the press club today. 
>
> He , as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, could ( should ?)
> have made a speech about forgiveness, reconciliation and loving thine
> enemy with respect to racism in America.   He has already thundered Old
> Testament righteous indignation and condemnation of slavery, Jim Crow
> and racism.  We know and have said he is  correct in those criticisms. 
> But why not follow Barack Obama's lead ( since he is only getting all
> this attention because of his association with Obama)and preach on the
> natural theme for a Christian minister of extending your hand to those
> who have wronged "you", forgiving trespasses against "you",  seeking a
> new day of unity between Blacks and whites,  taking the first step (
> again) to get beyond racism. This would also be a revival of a theme
> that Martin Luther King, jr. was famous for from his "I Have a Dream"
> speech.  Sure King was also sharply critical of all that is wrong with
> America in his Riverside Church speech, et al.  But King also had an
> extraordinary theme of reconciliation between the races.
>
> Ultimately, unity of Blacks and Whites is necessary for the working
> class to advance the class struggle.
>
> By this approach, Wright could have helped Obama. Wright has already
> stood firmly against racism. He wouldn't be selling out. He could have
> used his status as a steadfast anti-racist to advance principled Black
> -White unity, which is in the ultimate best interest of Black people.
>
> Charles
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