Yes, I like this guy, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. He said blacks should condemn the United States. Here's what he said in a sermon in his Chicago church in 2003:
"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, god damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is god and she is supreme."
Some white patriots have been offended by Wright's remark. But not me. All I can say is, right on, Rev. Wright. I'm with you. --Jim Broede
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Barrack Obama didn't agree with Rev Wright. You might want to look at the whole picture instead of only looking thru one eye. Seems you talk out of both sides of your mouth. It could also be possible you have health issues that cause you to jump in one direction then the other. Hard to say just reading your blog. I read you are a writer. Your writings are all over the place left, right, up, down. Sorry if this offends you
Dear Anonymous:
Doesn't matter if Obama disagrees with Rev. Wright. The point is that I agree with Rev. Wright on this one. The black people have been given the shaft in America for a long, long time. Way back in our history. And right on up through today. Certainly doesn't make me proud of America. And yes, I have all kinds of opinions. On the left. On the right. In the middle. Sorry if that offends you. --Jim Broede
By the way, dear Anonymous, Rev. Wright said "God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human." But I think it's even worse than that. America treats all kinds of people less than human. Not just citizens of the U.S. Personally, I think there's no excuse for treating anybody less than human. We even have a president who thinks it's all right to torture people. I think that's sadistic. And I would hope that god would damn such practice. And certainly not bless America for it. --Jim Broede
Just wanted you folks to know that when I was a Christian I was a member of the United Church of Christ. A very liberal church. The same denomination as Rev. Wright. The denomination happens to be 99 percent white. And 1 percent black. I liked the church because of its liberal stance on lots of social, economic and political issues. Anyway, some of you'll laugh at this. I was even a member of the church's board of deacons. Which is a sign that the church allowed for wide-ranging points of view. So Rev. Wright -- well, I welcome his kind. In fact, all kinds. And I know that Rev. Wright wasn't making hate speech. He sounds much like I. I say damn America, too. For many of its social, economic and political policies. Past and present. And I don't say it in a hateful way. And I guess I'm also prepared to say, damn George Bush. And I don't hate George Bush. It's mostly that I dislike many of his policies and what he has done to drag this nation into the gutter. Such as taking America into an obscene and senseless pre-emptive war. I'll match my patriotism with George Bush's patriotism any day. And I also see Rev. Wright being more patriotic than George Bush. --Jim Broede
It's unfortunate that there isn't more and better racial dialogue in the U.S. The social, political and economic system is geared for white supremacy, and until that changes dramatically, we are going to have lots of open and underlying hostility from blacks. It's there. And if we choose to more or less ignore it, we'll pay dearly some day. We need to start listening to Rev. Wright and so many, many other blacks. To start recognizing that they are sending us a message. A warning, of sorts, that shouldn't be ignored. Rev. Wright is a good man. An honest man. And he's identifying what's wrong with this country when it comes to racial matters. We are racist. Yes, conditions have improved in the last 40 years. But not nearly enough. We have a long way to go. Racism is still deeply entrenched in our national psyche. And too many of us choose not to deal with it. Or to even recognize it. --Jim Broede
Post a Comment