More commentary on Wright
In spite of the contention by Liberals that Wright does indeed represent all Blacks (a view allowed by the Liberal tendency to see Blacks as a mindless, easily-controlled, monolithic group with limited ability of individual thought) many Black pastors have now spoken out against what Wright has said.
From the LA Times...
African American ministers in Los Angeles expressed angst and concern Tuesday that a fresh round of comments by Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor was hurting the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign and skewing public understanding of the black church....
"This didn't have anything to do with the black church -- it was basically an attack on the individual message he proclaimed, which hurt some individuals," said the Rev. K.W. Tulloss of Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Boyle Heights. "My own members were offended by Rev. Wright's words. His views have cast a wedge between people, and that's the exact opposite of the unity Jesus represented."...
Kerman Maddox, a member of First AME church in Los Angeles, said that he had listened to hundreds of sermons in black churches nationwide as part of his political and community work, and that Wright's messages did "not represent mainstream black thought on Sunday morning."...
"I am hurt and disgusted that one of the most historic political campaigns in the nation's history could be derailed by this pastor who has been needlessly callous, careless and insensitive in his remarks," said the Rev. John J. Hunter of First AME.
Others commenting...
Rev. Jesse Lee Patterson
"Black men were deceived into leaving their homes in order for the women and children to receive welfare. As a result, the moral fiber of the man who left and the abandoned family were weakened.
Meanwhile, welfare gave the black woman a false sense of empowerment and independence. She felt as though she no longer needed a husband to provide....
...Absent the leadership of God-fearing, upstanding men, the congregation was weak and susceptible to the corrupt preacher. The weaker they became, the more they looked for scapegoats (i.e., the "evil white man") to explain away their failures.
One need only look at Rev. Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ and many other black churches to see this lie being played out."
Larry Elder
"While most Americans feel sympathy for the "black plight," they do not feel responsible for slavery, Jim Crow or legalized segregation. They resent those who continue to blame past injustices for current problems and inconveniences. And they recoil at the apparent widespread victicrat mentality that forms the psyche of so many blacks, including, but not limited to, Jeremiah Wright, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, et al. This includes much of the Democratic Party, which tacitly and explicitly endorses this mindset in order to get the monolithic black vote, without which the party cannot prevail."
Posted by Danny Carlton at May 1, 2008 6:40 AM