Friday, May 2, 2008

Update on the Obama-Wright Debaucle

Spectacular article about coverage of the Reverend Wright's comments and Obama's reactions and how it's playing in the black community. The Reverend has the worst timing, it would seem, and he's only serving to divide the community. If it gets any worse, or the Obama campaign can't put it behind them, I worry that black voters are going to lose hope and interest and stay home. Though I'm not an Obama supporter, I'm well aware that this would be devastating for the Democratic party and, more importantly, national race relations. If a popular black candidate goes down in flames thanks to the predominantly white media, whatever little faith young blacks had in the political process will be dealt a serious blow.

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