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Reverend Jeremiah Wright was the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago from 1972 -2008. His controversial sermons and positions have been the subject of the presidential election coverage in recent weeks, primarily because it is the church which Barack Obama has attended. Amidst criticism of Rev Wright, on March 18th, Obama gave a 40 minute speech addressing not just the issue of whether he agrees with Wright’s positions on race in the US. Obama analyzes the issue of race in the US so brilliantly that this speech is being played and discussed all over the US. | Reverend Jeremiah Wright was the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago from 1972 -2008. His controversial sermons and positions have been the subject of the presidential election coverage in recent weeks, primarily because it is the church which Barack Obama has attended. Amidst criticism of Rev Wright, on March 18th, Obama gave a 40 minute speech addressing not just the issue of whether he agrees with Wright’s positions on race in the US. Obama analyzes the issue of race in the US so brilliantly that this speech is being played and discussed all over the US. | ||
| − | I would encourage you to read some background info on Jeremiah Wright (you might even check out video clips of Jeremiah Wright's sermons on Youtube.com. Then watch Obama’s speech. It is incredible! | + | <p>I would encourage you to read some background info on Jeremiah Wright (you might even check out video clips of Jeremiah Wright's sermons on Youtube.com. Then watch Obama’s speech. It is incredible! |
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THE 2008 CAMPAIGN: The Race Issue
Reverend Jeremiah Wright was the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago from 1972 -2008. His controversial sermons and positions have been the subject of the presidential election coverage in recent weeks, primarily because it is the church which Barack Obama has attended. Amidst criticism of Rev Wright, on March 18th, Obama gave a 40 minute speech addressing not just the issue of whether he agrees with Wright’s positions on race in the US. Obama analyzes the issue of race in the US so brilliantly that this speech is being played and discussed all over the US.
I would encourage you to read some background info on Jeremiah Wright (you might even check out video clips of Jeremiah Wright's sermons on Youtube.com. Then watch Obama’s speech. It is incredible! http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/jeremiah_a_wright_jr/index.html?8qa&scp=1-spot&sq=jeremiah+wright&st=nyt Barack Obama’s speech on race (video and transcript) http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/03/18/us/politics/20080318_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html Barack Obama homepage and video http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hisownwords/ Editorial Mr. Obama’s Profile in Courage Published: March 19, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/opinion/19wed1.html?scp=9&sq=obama+race&st=nyt Groups Respond to Obama’s Call for National Discussion About Race http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/us/politics/20race.html?scp=5&sq=obama+race&st=nyt How the current debate about race is affecting Clinton’s chances: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/politics/21memo.html?sq=obama%20race&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&scp=3&adxnnlx=1206087128-z1pjr+QxvjmfCggsMjoWsA An excellent article about race and gender stereotyping: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/opinion/06kristof.html?scp=2&sq=nicholas+kristof&st=nyt Our First Black President? (NYT)- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/magazine/06wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin Equal Protection Clause http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause Brown v. Board of Education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
