“When white will embrace what is right.”
Because whites don’t do that now? Because white is wrong? ORLY?
Rev. Joseph Lowery said this at the Inaugural benediction:
Help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back*, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right.
OMG. I thought Kate was kidding … that this couldn’t possibly be a real quote from the real inauguration. I was so wrong. So much for a post-racial future. And the quote “brought a smile to the president.”
Black … brown … red … yellow … white? I’m stunned. The prayer (?) is so racist and so inappropriate. Is Rev. Lowery just a kinder, gentler Rev. Wright?
I had an ever so brief moment of hopenchange this afternoon after reading what Obama said to Muslim countries. Maybe not the kind of change everyone had hoped for.
related — Note how quickly wiki changed … less than 3 hours after the inauguration.
*corrected from original source … makes more sense, no?
That comment pissed me off as well. But I have to be fair and say that it did not bring a smile to Obama’s face. Quite the opposite. He was already smiling, and when the Reverend said “embrace what’s right”, he stopped smiling and looked kind of perturbed.
Wrong, anon, very word uttered on that podium had to be pre-approved.
Obama knew what Lowery was going to say and his people okayed it. Or will he flat out lie and claim ignorance, like he did after spending 25 yrs in Rev. Wright’s church?
If a white clergyman had delivered a similar sentiment about black people, all hell would be breaking loose.
Lowery tipped this administration’s hand, too bad Biden didn’t hush him, too. Oh, but that would’ve been racist.
Way to bring people together, Barack.
My question is why anyone is surprised by this?
Michele,
Do your comments relate only to YOUR behavior? Or, do generalize US mentality only on your own mind set? How can you be so blind and unsensitive?
I went to Towson State University from 1982 to 1986. During this time, although I was a pretty good volley ball player I was not allowed to play with the Towson team, although I did practice for a while. My volley ball skills weren’t the problem, my skin color was. The coach Arlene Geppi told me point blank, that during volley ball season the team traveled and the players had to sleep together and it was unacceptable for me to be part of this arrangement.
Isolated case? From 1983 to 1985 I worked for Camp Green Top, a camp for handicapped children located in the Catoctin Mountains in Sabilasville MD, near Camp David. I cannot tell you how many times camp counselors were chased from the local bar. We went to play pool, drink a few beers and relax after the energy draining, low-paying job we were doing. Double whammy, we were not only “niggers” but also “nigger lovers” were among us.
Girlfriend, wake up, smell the coffee, DWB, driving while black is a crime we have had to suffer all our lives.
How can you even try to hold that argument in 2009? Time is for change, not whinning. Let’s move forward, you haven’t been wronged, try to figure out who has and let’s stop, NOW.
dissapointed by your willful ignorance,
Geneviève Annie Douyon
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You’re using two anecdotal examples from over 20 years ago to justify what this preacher said?
I believe that all people should “embrace what is right” regardless of their race, ethnicity, or religion.
Implying that white people are wrong and that blacks still have to sit in the back is a divisive, racist lie which has no place at the inauguration of our new President.
The same is true for the other stereotypes contained in his statement.
Copied from our “About” page since I think it’s in the wrong place.
To Genevieve:
The author of the article which you provided states that no one threatened to assassinate any president since Reagan. That’s not true.
Many people spoke about assassinating President Bush. Here are just a few:
http://www.defendingthetruth.com/media-films/2524-peace-prize-winner-could-kill-bush.html
http://www.brendastardom.com/arch.asp?ArchID=531
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340010,00.html
http://www.aim.org/wls/lets-kill-george-bush/
Someone even made a movie about a fictional assassination of President Bush:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14608725/
I’m sure that there are assassination threats that we never hear about.