Quote Originally Posted by Clever85
The issues are way more complex so my views and beliefs are way more complex as well. I am simply tired of simplistic views on race and the way they are used to brainwash or manipulate people in this country.
I'm glad there is someone else on these boards that can have a more complex view on things. These are complicated issues, and you can see that as soon as someone like Obama starts to explain a more nuanced take on the issue, people pounce on the first thing they can find and apply their simple-minded, one-dimensional views to it. Issues of race in this country are not black and white. (Ha ha, made a pun!) There are a lot of gray areas. There is a lot of resentment on both sides, and mostly people do not talk about it for fear of being labeled. Try to bring up a point on either side and immediatley you have someone yelling, "You're a racist!" or "You're a REVERSE racist!" We won't get anywhere like this.
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Obamas Rev. Wright Slams Italians The irrepressible Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. is at it again, this time taking aim at Italians -- expounding a two millenium grudge against the sons and daughters of Rome -- and their (allegedly) breath-altering prediliction for scampi and pesto. From the Wright-written eulogy for scholar Asa Hilliard in the Dec. 2007 edition of the Trumpet magazine: "(Jesus') enemies had their opinion about Him... The Italians for the most part looked down their garlic noses at the Galileans." After Rating: 5