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Thread #109574   Message #2296420
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
24-Mar-08 - 08:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Obama's Defining Moment Speech
Subject: RE: BS: Obama's Defining Moment Speech
If Wright has given "racist sermons" how come the clips picked out by Fox and suchlike to demonstrate that don't seem to show this?

There is nothing racist about denouncing the slave trade and segregation. Nothing racist about saying that America and that some of those help explain why there have been terrorist attacks on the USA. Nothing racist about reminding people of medical experiments which have been carried out on black people which have caused suffering and death. Nothing racist with using terms like "state terrorism" to refer to what has sometimes been done by governments.

Some of Wright's rhetoric has gone over the top, some of his accusations are shaky or just plain wrong - but that is not what accusations of "racism are about.

I've never thought making videos of sermons is a very good idea. Asking for trouble.