HOMEWORK: Obama and the Rev. Wright

"Part of my job is to see if I can help push the country into a different place with a new set of understandings." -- Barack Obama

I pray that you hang in here with me, but from time to time I require that you stretch yourself. Here are some things you should familiarize yourself with as you prepare to discuss -- intelligently! -- race, presidential politics, religion, etc.


This is Obama talking to the Chicago Tribune on 3/14 about his relationship to his former pastor, the now-retired but still much loved Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and his fundamental disagreement with the vision of 21st centtury United States that Rev. Wright has:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-080314-obama-audiogallery,0,3649641.audiogallery

Excerpt: "There is a generational shift that is taking place....I represent a different generation with a different set of life experiences and see race relations in different terms than he does."


This is from EUR Gospel (3/17 Headline: Obama Denounces and Dumps Rev. Wright)

http://webmail.aol.com/35304/aol/en-us/Lite/MsgRead.aspx?folder=New%20Mail&uid=1.20462559&seq=18&searchIn=none&searchQuery=&start=0


Here’s what journalists are saying, as compiled by my colleague Richard Prince:
http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/080319_prince/