Wright Reactions Show Consensus

National Review Online: BET Message Board Writers Agree That Wright Speaks The Truth

(National Review Online) 
“Lets be truthful here, its not just the Repubs who want Hillary Clinton to run it’s the good rev also! Unbelievable how someone who speaks about the whites is doing the work for them! He’s a hypocrite and he’s once again got the black community backing him up. While blacks are struggling he’s living high beside his white counterparts in a million dollar home! Get it yet? Why would he wait till now of all times to start speaking? Don’t let him get in the way of our chance at having a black man as president! He’s had all the time in the world to come out and speak yet he chose now! Don’t let another uncle tom ruin it with his words which are true but have another motive in which we’ll lose again!!” - Donna

“When a black person speak the truth about racism, they are criticize or consider a troble maker.” - Vince

“Rev. Wright gave the business, to be honest all Blacks feel that white people owe us an apology and until we get one we will always be on guard where they (whites) are concerned. This mess we in today goes back to our grandparents and their parents, women being raped and having bi-racial kids and things of that nature, why you think our kids have so much pressure on them and they resort to the streets because they can relate. First off pretty much all of the black men wherever they live are smart, Blacks pretty much invented everything we all use today. Read up on yo history. That’s one thing that our kids don’t get taught today in these damn schools is our history the real black history. I’m going to pray for you cause if we get another Clinton or a John McCain in that white house we are doomed. OBAMA is real and I’m sure this won’t be an easy road for him if he succeeds, but at least he should be able to look at people that looks like him for support. REV. Wright preach that word.” - Proud to be Black

“My People wake up wake up, this is not about the black vote this is about the majority vote, and Rev. Wright is destroying that, Of course we all know he is speaking the truth, but must he do that now!!??? Obama clearly has a big chance at winning, but do I think that now?? No…Rev. Wright killed it, with his ego!!! Rev. Wright needs to shut the trap so Obama can win!!” - Clint

“i think rev wright was write, we have been hear for 400 year. why do blacck folk always need white folk ok. you are so brain wash and you cant see. how do you see man ,you black amercia see white folk as giants you need some spitter rub over your eye, so you can see them as they are see than as they are. willie linch is still alive.” - June

“Racism is alive and well in Amerikkka, and as usual, black folks control nothing. Therefore, it doesn’t matter what Rev. Wright really said, because the powers that be will ensure that their version is what gets out on all news medias.” - Gigabyte

Keep in mind that these quotes are not cherry-picked. They represent the consensus view of contributors to BET’s message boards as of Tuesday night, which is that Jeremiah Wright spoke the truth to power in his speech to the NAACP in Detroit. The main bone of contention seems to be whether he should have held his tongue until after the election.

Keep in mind, too, that the BET audience is decidedly not a radical community; the demographics skew young but mainstream.

Barack Obama is under a microscope that no other serious contender for president has ever been under. He’s trying to lasso in voting constituencies that are beyond the zone of rationality, constituencies that see malignant forces aligned against them and have pinned their collective aspirations on his candidacy.

Whatever his policy weaknesses -- and there are many -- how about cutting him a little slack on the racial dynamics of his campaign?

[sunsetmom3]

Is this a surprise that some black people believe what Wright is saying ? It is much easier to blame all your problems on the "bad white man" than take responsibility for yourself and your actions.

[frankbowers]

Now I am GlAD THE BLACKS ARE HAPPY TO BE BLACK SO WHEN WILL THEY QUIT COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING MISTRESTED BY THE white folks WHO PAID ABOUT 80% OF THEIR HOSPITAL BILLS TO BE BIRTHED IN A FREE CLINICs in w;hite america. JUST SHIP THE RUGHEADS OUT TO AFRICA AND THEN THEY WILL ALL BE HAPPY TO BE HOME WITH/THE OTHERSPEAR CHUNKERS. frank bowers

[truthyness]

We have enough problems in this country without

adding 4 years of Civil Unrest to it.

[truthyness]

There is too much at stake to elect an unknown.

[truthyness]

We will see a whole lot more of this kind of

thing if Obama gets in the White House.

[truthyness]

Hasn''t Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright left enough scars on our country already?

[truthyness]

I feel sorry for them because of their lack of self-esteem.

[truthyness]

There''s too much at stake to elect an unknown.

[stopkidding]

Well, the Republicans lost two wars, an American city, the economy, and a large portion of the Constitution. But look! Over there! An angry black preacher!

[joyous88]

Lets stop the talk of "all people feel that way"

you do not speak for all people, I feel that all neo

cons are right wing war criminals, but some probable

are honest, don''t generalize,

The point here is that the corporatis controlled media

want us to argue and fight amongst ourselves, in that

way we do not take a good look at the corporate

con trolled republicon party, its fascist leadership

and its anti American policies.

Any democrat is a better vote than McBushCain

[destardi]

?? What''''s the surprise black people are still upset & dont trust white people.

White people can dish it out but cant take back &
scream innocence.

Sounds like america !!!


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Posted by Markangeloo at 09:55 AM : May 05, 2008
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So I''m supposed to take an african-american Television station''s BLOG as evidence "most AA''s feel the same way"?

You''ve GOT to be joking.

That''s like going to a porn site to confirm that pornography is appreciated.
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THere are just as many, if not more, black folk that think in the vein of Bill Cosby.

you do NOT heal the nation by constantly bringing up the PAST; that''s like a woman who has been raped, bringing up the details over and over again to her daughter, and granddaughter to impress the dangers of "men."

You do NOT heal the nation by dividing once again; "blacks and whites have different brains/think different"? Oh, reallY Pastor Wright? What about blacks who have 50% caucasion blood in their veins, or whites who have 50% african blood in theirs?

Wright is a conspiracy built on lies...it''s not my fault a few comments on BET shows ignorance rests on both "sides" of the debate.

[ksh1022]

I have to say that as a white person I am looking at my black friends differently. Do they feel this way? Are they so anti-white? I have to say that this Wright/Obama stuff will set back race relations 20 years. I will not vote for Obama because he has racist, anti-Ameriacn associations like Wright, Farrakan, Ayers.

[magnetrack]

This article is nonsense. For twenty years Obama was trained, baptized, married by this guy, and was part of the Ayers / Khalidi crowd. Obama says it one way one day, and then reverses his "brilliant" speech. Obama''s an imposter. Put him up against Senator Clinton and he looks like a worm. As far as race goes, the blacks are racist, since they vote as a block against the white candidtate.

[notblue]

Typical NRO spin machine at work. Wright''s words, "AIDS was created by the U.S. gov. to kill blacks" "911 was Americas fault" He is an anti-semite like Farakan who Wright holds in high estime. This guy is the worse thing that could have happened to Obama, it will play big in 08. THe NRO is a rag.

[markangeloo]

?? What''s the surprise black people are still upset & dont trust white people.

White people can dish it out but cant take back &
scream innocence.

Sounds like america !!!

[prinzowhales]

I wonder if BET and the rest of the Corporate Media will ever do a series on white slavery...Black slavery is like the imaginary friend of a child carried into adulthood. Black slavery is dead...yet there stands the childish ''adult''... blaming it for all that goes wrong in his life...and sickness do like company.

[bluestardad]

ANOTHER RIGHT WING NEOCON RAG CONFIRMING THAT OBAMA IS NOT BOUGHT BY ISRAEL!

VOTE OBAMA OR GET MORE OF THE SAME BUSHIT!

AMERICA STAND UP OR SHUT UP!

[truthyness]

Only 25% of students in Detroit go on to graduate from high school.

[truthyness]

Makes me wonder just what kind of people Obama represents.

[irliberal]

I see two bitter folks. Looks like Obama was right.

Obama''s a great candidate, as most people polled seem to think. So is Hillary. The only thing to avoid is McCain. Carry on.