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 This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
