The Great Uniter? The Great Divider.

The Great Uniter? The Great Divider.
Inadvertently, the Barack Obama/ Reverend Wright debacle is changing Barack’s hopeful message of being the great uniter, to being the great divider, well not exactly. What is now happening is a bit of a backlash. There are more and more reverends and consequently black churches embracing Wright and his disgusting views. Now I think we can all agree that the reverend, in his over twenty year ministry has most likely lead many of his flock to a wonderful religious life. However the revolting statements made by the reverend seem to be shared by all too many in the black community. We all get the fact that a hundred and fifty years ago we in this country engaged in the repulsive practice of slavery, all right all ready, we get it, we must as a nation get by this, if not we will never progress beyond this point of blame. We have just got to get over this guilt of the sins of our fathers. All those other statements are so far beyond the pale that they don’t even deserve a response. Unfortunately, the comments are so egregious that one can’t help but address them. What I have to say about them is, nauseating, and leave it at that. If I get going on the reverend’s comments I would be lowering myself into the pits of disparaging attacks that are nothing more than hateful rhetoric. Things are bad enough. Two wrongs don’t make a right and we certainly don’t need any more ad hominem attacks. The problem as I see it is, not black or white, but black and white. Communities are once again rallying around a cause that instead of uniting and equalizing the peoples of the earth is causing a greater divide. Sometimes people are their own worst enemies, as are the so-called leaders, the cognoscenti that keep others in a situation by their actions, while using aphorisms that say they are helping to advance the plight of their constituents, BULL. For years the democrat party has professed to be the champion of the black community and other people of color, HA! The only thing I can see they have done is initiate more entitlement programs that lead to dependency rather than self-sufficiency and pride in their accomplishments. It has been proven ever since the beginning of time that things accomplished through hard work and honest toil are the ones that are held in high regard, while the things that come easy, or are given, bring with them a certain amount of disdain or contempt. I seem to be getting off topic here. My point is, that sometimes as hard as we try, we cannot get our message across. In this case it is Barack’s own people that by thinking they are supporting him, are actually undermining his message by way of misguided church leaders. Perhaps they should stay on message, the message of love and religion, rather than political pandering or preaching social issues, instead of religion.