"I believe a change is coming!"
"Change is going to come." I certainly am looking forward to a change. I'd like to see: the war in Iraq come to an end with no more war for oil or lies about terrorist connections, no more benefits to the rich and burdens for the middle and working class, sex education that's not abstinence-only since teens are getting pregnant too young and STDs are increasing, campaign reform, fair elections, an end to racism and other oppressions, and more.
"Different does not mean deficient." is another strong statement from and theme of this video. It's sign language interpretted, but it's pixelated & difficult to see, so it's limited in usefulness to the deaf, though it's still nice to see that it was available as I work with deaf and hard of hearing students in Prince George's public schools.
The speech speaks of many different people, including Jewish people, one he named was Tim Wise, who I didn't know was Jewish, but I enjoy his writings. Notice he didn't say "black" or "white". Does that mean he's "color blind"? Some people believe that's what you have to be.
He goes on to talk about Dr. Janice Hale's study of the difference between African American learning and European learning. "African Americans are subject-oriented in learning." Now some people have criticized this as racist, but it is certainly not racist in the meaning of "racial prejudice" since prejudice is prejudging and this man is well-educated and is referring to a PhD woman's study. It's certainly not racist in the meaning of a racial group having power over another racial group - racism is an oppression. It's sad that some people just don't know what racism is. He may have a racial bias, but who doesn't? He isn't trying to be bias AGAINST anyone, though, as he's speaking about how to treat people more equally. That just because someone is different, that doesn't mean they're deficient.
He talks about the poor speech of Presidents Kennedy and LB Johnson. And how the speech of Ted Kennedy is also not so good with his Boston accent. Then why do they only say that African Americans don't speak English well?
"We're committed to changing the way we treat each other. We can do better. There is a higher standard.... Many of us finally are committed to changing this world that we live in so our children & grandchildren will have a world in which to live in, to grow in, to learn in, to love in & to pass on to their children.... We can do it." It's going to take us all.
I thought Jeremiah Wright's speech was excellent! This is a message we need. I don't know what happened at the press interview afterward that caused Obama to have to denounce him. If you have a reference to what happened, please reply with the link. I also heard the interview with Moyer on PBS was excellent as well, but I haven't seen it yet.
Barack Obama called for a conversation on race. I think it's needed. It needs to be a live, face to face conversation, though, and in a safe place so that people aren't afraid that they won't be treated fairly in the conversation. Many online conversations surely don't look too fair with flaming going on. The United Church of Christ is predominantly white, though it certainly has African American members like Barack Obama and Rev. Wright and it has members of other "races", cultures, and ethnicities, so I think it would be a safe place. They are starting to have Sacred Conversations on Race. There's a church in Prince George's County that has been having race discussions for at least 4 yrs. and it looks like they're having another one this Fri. and I understand that Rev. Wright might be their topic this time.
Also check out and vote at the related poll on this site and please spread the word.
"Different does not mean deficient." is another strong statement from and theme of this video. It's sign language interpretted, but it's pixelated & difficult to see, so it's limited in usefulness to the deaf, though it's still nice to see that it was available as I work with deaf and hard of hearing students in Prince George's public schools.
The speech speaks of many different people, including Jewish people, one he named was Tim Wise, who I didn't know was Jewish, but I enjoy his writings. Notice he didn't say "black" or "white". Does that mean he's "color blind"? Some people believe that's what you have to be.
He goes on to talk about Dr. Janice Hale's study of the difference between African American learning and European learning. "African Americans are subject-oriented in learning." Now some people have criticized this as racist, but it is certainly not racist in the meaning of "racial prejudice" since prejudice is prejudging and this man is well-educated and is referring to a PhD woman's study. It's certainly not racist in the meaning of a racial group having power over another racial group - racism is an oppression. It's sad that some people just don't know what racism is. He may have a racial bias, but who doesn't? He isn't trying to be bias AGAINST anyone, though, as he's speaking about how to treat people more equally. That just because someone is different, that doesn't mean they're deficient.
He talks about the poor speech of Presidents Kennedy and LB Johnson. And how the speech of Ted Kennedy is also not so good with his Boston accent. Then why do they only say that African Americans don't speak English well?
"We're committed to changing the way we treat each other. We can do better. There is a higher standard.... Many of us finally are committed to changing this world that we live in so our children & grandchildren will have a world in which to live in, to grow in, to learn in, to love in & to pass on to their children.... We can do it." It's going to take us all.
I thought Jeremiah Wright's speech was excellent! This is a message we need. I don't know what happened at the press interview afterward that caused Obama to have to denounce him. If you have a reference to what happened, please reply with the link. I also heard the interview with Moyer on PBS was excellent as well, but I haven't seen it yet.
Barack Obama called for a conversation on race. I think it's needed. It needs to be a live, face to face conversation, though, and in a safe place so that people aren't afraid that they won't be treated fairly in the conversation. Many online conversations surely don't look too fair with flaming going on. The United Church of Christ is predominantly white, though it certainly has African American members like Barack Obama and Rev. Wright and it has members of other "races", cultures, and ethnicities, so I think it would be a safe place. They are starting to have Sacred Conversations on Race. There's a church in Prince George's County that has been having race discussions for at least 4 yrs. and it looks like they're having another one this Fri. and I understand that Rev. Wright might be their topic this time.
Also check out and vote at the related poll on this site and please spread the word.