Nobody 740 Is Wright right?

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Nobody 740

Nobody Asked Me But:

Is Wright right?

Is he right to speak out at the possible price of dooming the campaign of a man who could become the first black president?

Yes and no. Yes, if his motive is to glorify a cause he believes in, one that transcends a mere political campaign. No, if his motive is to glorify himself. Since in his speech he equates himself with “the black church,” I vote ego and NO!

But what about his cause? Is there truth in it? Again, yes and no, except for his Farrakhan statement, which is a complete and total NO.

"Louis Farrakhan is not my enemy. He did not put me in chains, he did not put me in slavery.”

Of course he did. Hatred enslaves its disciples. Farrakhan’s message is all about hate. He is an enslaver.

"America's chickens are coming home to roost."

Although there is mostly No in this statement, like it or not there is also some YES! Nothing justifies the killing of the innocents on 9/11, but the attacks did not occur in a vacuum. Decades of American foreign policy predicated not on morality, but on self-interest, meant then and still means that our enemies have some degree of justice in their cause if not their tactics.

And as long as we continue policies such as torturing prisoners, which violate the code of honor that has been our moral shield, there are more chickens out there that may still come home to roost.

“The government created AIDS to harm black people.”

NO ---- BUT --- Wright is right in saying that a government that would condone the immorality that was the Tuskegee experiment can never be above suspicion.

I think that Obama and the rest of us are correct when we scorn the Rev. Wright for his motive for speaking out, but we must never lose sight of the partial truths in his message.