Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Speech, the day after

I've realized that for me, someone's reaction to this speech is a perfect litmus test of who is worth listening to.

It was the best treatise on race covered by the mainstream media that I've heard in my lifetime. Only a true racist can completely dismiss Wright without seeing the underlying truths in what he was overzealously trying to express. The issue goes so much deeper than any person can even comprehend without a humble, concerted effort to understand why your brother acts the way he does without first judging him for it. If you can't see the value in Obama's speech then you: A) Haven't dealt much with racial problems (which is very plausible/understandable if you're from NW Iowa or Montana), B) You were bound and determined to be against whatever came out of his mouth to begin with, for any number of reasons, or C) You just plain don't want to step outside of yourself for long enough to consider what's really going on between races.

Funny, the people I always suspected weren't worthy of very much respect invariably reacted negatively to the speech, and even ones with whom I disagree but are still cool--they reacted mostly positively.

You don't have to want Obama to be your president. You do have to see that it was a vital, honest speech with real content.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hisownwords

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