2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Can't the Cornel West apologists admit that his use of the word "n***ized" [View all]underthematrix
(5,811 posts)President Obama belonged to the Church of Christ which is monstly a white denomination. They own Pepperdine University in Malibu. Rev. Wright never ebver used as a recruiting tool. He never ever went on the campaign trail with President Obama. What eventually came out was that the Obamas did not attend that regularly because of than candidate Obama's schedule (state senator, US senator, then president). It was simply white hysteria about nothing. But the candidate who doesn't have time for hate did something extraordinary. He fully owned the problem. then he gave the greatest speeech I've ever heard in 65 years on race entitled a MOre Perfect Union.
There's no comparison between Rev Wright and bernie's recruitment of Cornel West as part of his outreach strategy to AA folks. President Obama is the most beloved man in the AA community. Insults to or about PBO do not sit well with the AA community. We understand his great sacrifice. We understand that he gets more threats on a daily basis than all previous presidents combined and then some. He has the largest and most complex security detail. No president has done more or worked harder for the American people under extremely adverse political social and environmental conditions than President Obama.